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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordA historical name directing the reader to verdigris.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331.
Historical definition
Almizadir is verdigris.
Meaning
This is a compact name equivalence. Its main service is recognition: a passage using Almizadir can be compared with other verdigris vocabulary in the dictionary. Calx Veneris and Ziniar supply useful routes into that family. The equivalence does not by itself describe how the material was made or establish that all historical preparations called verdigris were identical. Any such distinction belongs to the cited recipe or account.
Places to read
- AlmizadirRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- Calx VenerisA Venus-qualified calx identified as verdigris.
- ZiniarA historical verdigris synonym.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 3; facsimile PDF page 331 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Almizadir ; compare Calx Veneris, Ziniar