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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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Ilech primum

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Ilech primum

Elements principles and the natural world · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A term glossed as the first principle.

In the book. Ilech crudum is a composition of the first matter of the three first principles.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 26; facsimile PDF page 354.

Historical Definition

Ilech primum is the first principle.

Meaning

The definition gives a position or rank without naming a substance. It does not explain whether the first principle in a particular author is a material, an origin or an ordering concept. Those further distinctions must come from that author’s account.

Use in the Book

Ilech crudum is a composition of the first matter of the three first principles. Iliaster lists Sulphur, Mercury and Salt and relates its account to four elements. Their more detailed explanations provide context, but they should not silently replace the short and singular gloss printed under Ilech primum.

Places to Read

Ilech crudum. A composition described through first matter and three principles.

Iliaster. First matter organised through three principles, four elements and a further human fourfold account.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 26; facsimile PDF page 354 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Ilech primum

See also. Ilech crudum; Iliaster

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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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