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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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Cauda vulpis rubicundi

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Cauda vulpis rubicundi

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A fox-tail expression identified with lead minium.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 14; facsimile PDF page 342.

Historical Definition

Cauda vulpis rubicundi is minium of lead.

Meaning

The historical definition supplies a direct material anchor for the figurative name. It identifies the substance through minium and lead rather than leaving the image open to unrestricted symbolism. The entry does not explain why the tail expression was chosen or state a process.

Calx Saturni gives minium under another qualified name, while Azemasor records minium or cinnabar as alternatives. Linking these entries helps a reader compare names while preserving the different certainty and scope of each equation.

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Minium. A precipitated lead preparation with an explicit correction of terminology.

Calx Saturni. A Saturn-qualified calx identified as minium.

Azemasor. A name assigned to two historical pigment or mineral terms.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 14; facsimile PDF page 342 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Cauda vulpis rubicundi ; compare Minium, Calx Saturni, Azemasor

See also. Minium; Calx Saturni; Azemasor

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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.