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Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · English Edition

Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Saldini

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Saldini

Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. An alternative name for the fire-dwelling Salamandri.

In the book. This name receives its own searchable entry while sharing the explanation of its explicitly named equivalent.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 41; facsimile PDF page 369.

Historical Definition

Saldini are the same as Salamandri.

Meaning

The source supplies a direct cross-reference. Its meaning is therefore best read with Salamandri, where the beings are called spirits dwelling in fire or fiery men.

Use in the Book

This name receives its own searchable entry while sharing the explanation of its explicitly named equivalent. Other fire-spirit names have related descriptions, but are not all made synonyms by this sentence.

Places to Read

Salamandri. Spirits or fiery men associated with residence in fire.

Trifertes. A fire-dwelling spirit name.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 41; facsimile PDF page 369 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Saldini; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 369; compare Salamandri, Trifertes

See also. Salamandri; Trifertes

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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.