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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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Gluta

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At a Glance

The word. The power attributed to strongly adhering pitch.

In the book. Gluten concerns viscous matter in the body and its association with disease, while Glutinis tenacitas is mineral resin.

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

Historical Definition

Gluta is the efficacy of tenacious pitch.

Meaning

The headword names efficacy, rather than simply renaming pitch as a material. “Tenacious” qualifies the subject whose action is in view. The entry supplies no particular application, extraction or change of condition.

Use in the Book

Gluten concerns viscous matter in the body and its association with disease, while Glutinis tenacitas is mineral resin. The similar names and the recurring qualities of viscosity and adhesion make comparison useful, but the definitions have distinct subjects. Gluta’s explicit focus remains the efficacy of pitch.

Places to Read

Gluten. Bodily viscous matter given a role in persistent disease.

Glutinis tenacitas. A phrase directly identified as mineral resin.

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

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

See also. Gluten; Glutinis tenacitas

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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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