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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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Maius noster

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At a Glance

The word. Dew and the philosophical lodestone joined under one name.

In the book. Manna also includes a dew fallen from heaven, although it has further senses.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360.

Historical Definition

Maius noster is our dew, and the philosophical lodestone.

Meaning

The possessive our belongs to the expression used by the philosophical writers represented here. It can mark their special vocabulary rather than ordinary dew without qualification. The second equivalent, philosophical lodestone, gives the reader another name, but no physical description of the subject.

Use in the Book

Manna also includes a dew fallen from heaven, although it has further senses. Magneticus tartarus uses a lodestone comparison in a bodily-stone definition. The shared words do not make these separate entries interchangeable.

Places to Read

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

Magneticus tartarus. A bodily stone described by hardness and a spongy structure.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 360, Maius noster

See also. Manna; Magneticus tartarus

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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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