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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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Viriditas salis

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Viriditas salis

Salts solvents and liquid preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A salt preparation described through greenness and an oily form.

In the book. The full phrase distinguishes it from the many dry and dissolved salt names in the dictionary.

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

Historical Definition

Viriditas salis is the green oil of salt.

Meaning

The gloss combines a source or material association with color and form. Oil is the historical identifying word, not an analysis of a substance’s molecular composition.

Use in the Book

The full phrase distinguishes it from the many dry and dissolved salt names in the dictionary. Sal enixum identifies dissolved salt, while the present entry specifically names a green oil.

Places to Read

Sal enixum. Salt in a dissolved condition.

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

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Viriditas salis; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 374; 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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