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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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Anterit

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A brief alternative name for Mercury.

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

Historical Definition

Anterit is Mercury.

Meaning

The definition gives no prepared state, source or philosophical qualification. Its role is to help identify a Mercury term when the spelling is unfamiliar. A surrounding recipe may narrow the sense through operations such as precipitation or sublimation, but the headword by itself does not do so. Compare Anatris and its variant Antaris for another route into the same vocabulary, then consult the qualified Mercurius entries before deciding which form a passage intends.

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Anatris. Two names directed to Mercury.

Mercurius Crudus. Mercury described before separation from its mineral source.

Mercurius metallorum præcipitatus. A preparation specified by metallic extraction followed by precipitation.

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

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Anterit ; compare Anatris, Mercurius Crudus, Mercurius metallorum præcipitatus

See also. Anatris; Mercurius Crudus; Mercurius metallorum præcipitatus

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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.