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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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Phiala

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At a Glance

The word. A glass bottle or vial.

In the book. Ovum Philosophicum adds an egg shape, Pelicanus a circulating function, and Pyramis a pyramidal shape.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366.

Historical Definition

Phiala is a vial or glass bottle.

Meaning

The identification names a familiar kind of vessel. It does not specify a specialized shape or an operation such as circulation.

Use in the Book

Ovum Philosophicum adds an egg shape, Pelicanus a circulating function, and Pyramis a pyramidal shape. Their relationship makes a practical instrument vocabulary without treating every glass container as interchangeable.

Places to Read

Ovum Philosophicum. An egg-shaped glass vessel for philosophical operations.

Pelicanus. A vessel defined through circulation.

Pyramis. A vessel identified through its pyramidal form.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Phiala; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 366; compare Ovum Philosophicum, Pelicanus, Pyramis

See also. Ovum Philosophicum; Pelicanus; Pyramis

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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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