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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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Calliette

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Calliette

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A fungal-looking growth identified by colour and host.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 13; facsimile PDF page 341.

Historical Definition

Calliette are yellow mushrooms on juniper trees.

Meaning

The historical description combines three recognition clues: a mushroom form, yellow colour and occurrence on juniper. It supplies no further distinction among growths. A modern species identification would therefore require evidence beyond the brief dictionary entry.

In a passage using Calliette, first check whether those same descriptive features are present. If an author employs the growth in a preparation, its attributed action is a separate claim. The entry resolves the material name through appearance and setting without validating any medicinal or philosophical use.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 13; facsimile PDF page 341 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Calliette

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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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The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.