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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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Resina terræ

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Resina terræ

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. An earth resin name for sulphur.

In the book. The qualified Resina terræ potabilis names a further preparation.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368.

Historical Definition

Resina terræ is sulphur.

Meaning

The brief equivalence links the compound name directly to sulphur. The expression should be found under its full form: resin of the earth, rather than resin in every possible use.

Use in the Book

The qualified Resina terræ potabilis names a further preparation. Its longer definition adds sublimation and conversion into a liquid, balsam or oil. Those added stages belong to the qualified expression.

Places to Read

Resina auri. A gold preparation described as a crocus.

Resina terræ potabilis. A liquid preparation of sublimed sulphur.

Sulphur rerum. The sulphur of things used as a name for their quintessence.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 40; facsimile PDF page 368 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Resina terræ; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 368; compare Resina auri, Resina terræ potabilis, Sulphur rerum

See also. Resina auri; Resina terræ potabilis; Sulphur rerum

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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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