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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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Pyramis

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At a Glance

The word. A vessel identified through its pyramidal form.

In the book. Ovum Philosophicum is identified through an egg shape, while Pelicanus is defined through circulation.

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

Historical Definition

Pyramis is a vessel made in the shape of a pyramid.

Meaning

The definition concerns an instrument’s shape. It does not specify what the vessel contains or which operation is performed in it.

Use in the Book

Ovum Philosophicum is identified through an egg shape, while Pelicanus is defined through circulation. The contrasts show how vessel names can preserve either form or function as their chief finding feature.

Places to Read

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

Pelicanus. A vessel defined through circulation.

Phiala. A glass bottle or vial.

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

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

See also. Ovum Philosophicum; Pelicanus; Phiala

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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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