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Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · English Edition

Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Rubella

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. An essence defined by dissolving and extracting tincture.

In the book. Quintessentia also joins spiritual matter with corporeal extraction.

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

Historical Definition

Rubella is a spiritual essence that, through its dissolving power, extracts tincture from bodies.

Meaning

The effective relation is between the essence, a body and its tincture. The essence dissolves; the tincture is drawn out. Spiritual is part of the historical description of the extracting agent and does not remove the bodily operation from the sentence.

Use in the Book

Quintessentia also joins spiritual matter with corporeal extraction. Tinctura, meanwhile, defines what tinges a body with its color. Reading these entries together helps separate the extracting agent from the quality or material extracted.

Places to Read

Quintessentia. A purified spiritual matter obtained from living things.

Tinctura. An agent defined by imparting color to another body.

In This Edition

The definition describes activity without specifying one modern solvent. The obscure headword is therefore explained through the operation actually stated.

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

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Rubella; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 368; compare Quintessentia, Tinctura

See also. Quintessentia; Tinctura

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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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