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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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Gibar

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At a Glance

The word. A medicine characterised only as metallic.

In the book. Laudanum receives a more particular list of materials, whereas Gibar does not.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 24; facsimile PDF page 352.

Historical Definition

Gibar is a metallic medicine.

Meaning

The adjective gives a material field without identifying an ingredient or preparation. The entry does not say which metal is involved or what condition the medicine addresses. It therefore remains a broad historical classification.

Use in the Book

Laudanum receives a more particular list of materials, whereas Gibar does not. Edir and Corbatum directly identify metals rather than medicines. These contrasts help readers preserve the distinction between naming a material, describing a compound remedy and merely calling a medicine metallic.

Places to Read

Corbatum. A dictionary name for copper.

Edir. A name covering steel and iron.

Laudanum. A Paracelsian compound defined here through gold, coral and pearl.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 24; facsimile PDF page 352 — Facsimile

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

See also. Corbatum; Edir; Laudanum

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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.