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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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Zarfa

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Zarfa

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A short tin name.

In the book. Keeping both records searchable lets the reader distinguish a general name from a condition-qualified description.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 48; facsimile PDF page 376.

Historical Definition

Zarfa is tin.

Meaning

The entry gives a direct metal equivalent. It does not add the defects of purity or workability that qualify tin under Wismodt.

Use in the Book

Keeping both records searchable lets the reader distinguish a general name from a condition-qualified description. The spelling itself supplies no further composition.

Places to Read

Wismodt. Tin described as impure and resistant to working.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 48; facsimile PDF page 376 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Zarfa; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 376; compare Wismodt

See also. Wismodt

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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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The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.