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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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Sal Calcotharinum

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Sal Calcotharinum

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A salt derived from vitriolic colcothar.

In the book. Compare the separate vitriol headwords Vitriolatum and Vitriolum Novum.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 41; facsimile PDF page 369.

Historical Definition

Sal Calcotharinum is salt made from the colcothar of vitriol.

Meaning

The preparation is defined by its relation to a residue called colcothar. The named starting material matters: the entry does not identify the product simply as vitriol or as any salt whatever.

Use in the Book

Compare the separate vitriol headwords Vitriolatum and Vitriolum Novum. The dictionary’s qualifiers distinguish a liquid condition, a color designation and a preparation obtained from a particular material.

Places to Read

Vitriolatum. A vitriol characterized by a persistently liquid condition.

Vitriolum Novum. A vitriol identified by its white appearance.

Zoraba. A direct vitriol synonym.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 41; facsimile PDF page 369 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Sal Calcotharinum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 369; compare Vitriolatum, Vitriolum Novum, Zoraba

See also. Vitriolatum; Vitriolum Novum; Zoraba

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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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