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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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Fabiola

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Fabiola

Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A name glossed through beans and flower.

In the book. Faba is a measure, despite its closely related-looking name, while Amygdale is an anatomical term in the dictionary’s surgical usage.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 22; facsimile PDF page 350.

Historical Definition

Fabiola is the flower of beans.

Meaning

The definition gives a brief plant-related identification without describing a preparation or use. The historical wording is retained rather than expanded into a particular bean species or a medicinal action.

Use in the Book

Faba is a measure, despite its closely related-looking name, while Amygdale is an anatomical term in the dictionary’s surgical usage. These examples reinforce the need to follow the supplied definition rather than infer a meaning solely from a familiar-looking word. Fabiola receives only the short bean-related gloss here.

Places to Read

Amygdale. A surgical term for an outgrowth at the tongue’s root.

Faba. A fractional quantity measured against a scruple.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 22; facsimile PDF page 350 — Facsimile

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

See also. Amygdale; Faba

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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.