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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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Vinum correctum

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Vinum correctum

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A wine preparation referred to alcohol of wine.

In the book. Sal Mercurii is also identified with spirit of wine, characterized there through drunkenness.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374.

Historical Definition

Vinum correctum is the alcohol of wine.

Meaning

The full qualification of wine is essential. The dictionary separately gives a powder sense under Alcohol, while Alcool vini refers to rectified spirit of wine. The present entry belongs with the wine-qualified expression.

Use in the Book

Sal Mercurii is also identified with spirit of wine, characterized there through drunkenness. These compound names demonstrate that the local gloss, rather than an isolated familiar word, establishes the useful connection.

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Sal Mercurii. A salt name locally identified with intoxicating spirit of wine.

Alcol. A term for extreme fineness of powder, not necessarily a liquid.

Alcool vini. The wine-qualified term for rectified spirit.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Vinum correctum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 374; compare Sal Mercurii, Alcol, Alcool vini

See also. Sal Mercurii; Alcol; Alcool vini

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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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