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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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A Chymical Dictionary

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Daura

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A dictionary name for hellebore.

In the book. Hellebria is more specific within the dictionary: it names a kind of black hellebore bearing red flowers.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347.

Historical Definition

Daura is hellebore.

Meaning

The gloss identifies the name by hellebore without describing a particular variety. It provides no part of the plant, preparation or purpose. Those omissions should remain open when the name appears without further context.

Use in the Book

Hellebria is more specific within the dictionary: it names a kind of black hellebore bearing red flowers. Mandella identifies the seed of black hellebore. These entries show that a plant, a kind of that plant and its seed receive distinct labels. Daura should not automatically inherit every qualification from the other two.

Places to Read

Hellebria. Black hellebore distinguished by red flowers.

Mandella. A name for the seed rather than the whole plant.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Daura

See also. Hellebria; Mandella

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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.

About This Edition

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.