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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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Sapo sapientiæ

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Sapo sapientiæ

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A name for prepared common salt.

In the book. The entry gives no preparation details.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370.

Historical Definition

Sapo sapientiæ is common salt prepared.

Meaning

The compound headword is glossed through a familiar starting material qualified by preparation. That qualification matters: the sentence does not equate the name with every unprepared sample of common salt.

Use in the Book

The entry gives no preparation details. It belongs to a sequence in which salts can be distinguished by source, condition or treatment. The gloss should remain the reader’s first guide.

Places to Read

Sal enixum. Salt in a dissolved condition.

Sal practicum. A named mixture of saltpetre and sal ammoniac.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 42; facsimile PDF page 370 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Sapo sapientiæ; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 370; compare Sal enixum, Sal practicum

See also. Sal enixum; Sal practicum

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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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