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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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Plants animals and natural materials · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A dictionary name for honey.

In the book. Manna can mean a sweet matter extracted from anything, and Tereniabin is connected with manna or wood-honey.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 25; facsimile PDF page 353.

Historical Definition

Hel is honey.

Meaning

The definition gives a direct identification. It adds no distinction between a natural material and a preparation made from it, nor any particular medical purpose.

Use in the Book

Manna can mean a sweet matter extracted from anything, and Tereniabin is connected with manna or wood-honey. Those related sweet-material terms have broader or different descriptions. Hel’s short gloss should not inherit their origins or claims simply because they share the language of sweetness.

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Manna. An aerial dew and, more broadly, sweet extracted matter.

Tereniabin. A manna or wood-honey material described through richness and season.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 25; facsimile PDF page 353 — Facsimile

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

See also. Manna; Tereniabin

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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.