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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Pars cum parte

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Pars cum parte

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A mass defined by equal proportions of gold and silver.

In the book. Quartatio also combines gold and silver, but supplies a different proportion and an assay.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 37; facsimile PDF page 365.

Historical Definition

Pars cum parte is a mass consisting of equal parts of gold and silver.

Meaning

Equal parts is the identifying ratio. The definition names two metals and describes their proportion within a mass; it does not specify a testing or separation procedure.

Use in the Book

Quartatio also combines gold and silver, but supplies a different proportion and an assay. Reading the entries together demonstrates why shared ingredients do not establish the same preparation or purpose.

Places to Read

Quartatio. A gold assay described through the separation of silver from gold.

Orizeum. A direct gold synonym.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 37; facsimile PDF page 365 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Pars cum parte; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 365; compare Quartatio, Orizeum

See also. Quartatio; Orizeum

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The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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