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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 potabilis

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Resina terræ potabilis

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At a Glance

The word. A liquid preparation of sublimed sulphur.

In the book. Balsam and oil describe the forms named by the historical entry.

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

Historical Definition

Resina terræ potabilis is sublimed sulphur brought into a liquor, balsam or oil.

Meaning

The qualifiers distinguish this preparation from sulphur named simply as Resina terræ. The material has been sublimed and then brought into one of several liquid forms. Liquor here means a liquid, without specifying an alcoholic beverage.

Use in the Book

Balsam and oil describe the forms named by the historical entry. Potabilis is retained in the Latin headword because it belongs to the historical naming; the dictionary does not provide a composition that would establish present-day suitability for ingestion.

Places to Read

Resina terræ. An earth resin name for sulphur.

Sublimatio. An operation defined by the upward movement of heated dry matter.

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

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

See also. Resina terræ; Sublimatio

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About This Reading Edition

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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