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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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Saltz

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Saltz

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. Brine identified under Saltz and Selenipum.

In the book. Compare Sal enixum, where the distinguishing condition is dissolution.

In this edition. A textual note records the reading of the 1650 printing and the editorial treatment.

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

Historical Definition

Saltz, saltz and Selenipum are brine.

Meaning

The 1650 entry repeats Saltz before giving Selenipum. Brine identifies a salt-bearing liquid rather than a dry salt named only by its place of origin. The printed repetition is retained in the modernised definition instead of being turned silently into a third distinct name.

Use in the Book

Compare Sal enixum, where the distinguishing condition is dissolution. The entries share a concern with a liquid condition, but the compiler does not expressly equate the names.

Places to Read

Sal enixum. Salt in a dissolved condition.

In This Edition

The transcription aid changes the second printed saltz to sultz. Sultz is available here as an editorial search variant, not presented as a separately attested spelling in this printed entry.

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

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Saltz; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 369; compare Sal enixum

See also. Sal enixum

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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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