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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 taberzet

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A Chymical Dictionary

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Sal taberzet

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A tartar distinguished by its exceptional whiteness.

In the book. Tartarum explains the hard, saltish deposit adhering to wine vessels and its further bodily sense.

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

Historical Definition

Sal taberzet is the whitest tartar of all.

Meaning

Color and degree identify this material. The superlative matters: it is described as the whitest member of the tartar category, rather than as a different class of substance.

Use in the Book

Tartarum explains the hard, saltish deposit adhering to wine vessels and its further bodily sense. The present definition supplies a particular quality within that wider vocabulary.

Places to Read

Samech. A historical synonym for tartar.

Tartarum. A wine-vessel deposit whose name also serves for bodily stones or gravel.

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

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Sal taberzet; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 369; compare Samech, Tartarum

See also. Samech; Tartarum

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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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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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