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Nuba

A red kind of Manna reported in an Irish setting.

From the book

A Chymical Dictionary

Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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At a Glance

  • The wordA red kind of Manna reported in an Irish setting.
  • In the bookManna itself includes an aerial dew as well as sweet extracted material.
  • A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 35; facsimile PDF page 363.

Historical definition

Nuba is a kind of red Manna that falls in Ireland.

Meaning

The definition qualifies Manna by colour and place, and says that it falls. It does not identify a plant source, an extraction or a particular season. Those details should not be invented from the wider range of things called Manna.

Use in the book

Manna itself includes an aerial dew as well as sweet extracted material. Nuba belongs to a more particular account within that vocabulary. Melissa, by contrast, explicitly names an herbal extraction.

Places to read

  1. NubaRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
  2. MannaAn aerial dew and, more broadly, sweet extracted matter.
  3. MelissaAn alchemical use of Melissa for an herbal extraction.

Source note

Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 35; facsimile PDF page 363 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 363, Nuba