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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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Annora

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At a Glance

The word. A name with two ash- or lime-associated identifications.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 4; facsimile PDF page 332.

Historical Definition

Annora is the ashes of eggs, or quicklime.

Meaning

The dictionary presents alternatives rather than one exclusive substance. A passage may specify eggs as its source, or may use the name for quicklime. Keeping both possibilities visible is more useful than choosing a single modern equivalent from the headword. The reference to ash also points toward a material altered by burning. Where a recipe survives, its starting substance and preparation can distinguish the intended sense more reliably than the word alone.

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Calx lignorum. A direct identification of a calx as ash from wood.

Cinificatum. A material reduced to ash by burning.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 4; facsimile PDF page 332 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Annora ; compare Calx lignorum, Cinificatum

See also. Calx lignorum; Cinificatum

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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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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.