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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordGold distinguished by its leaf form.
- In the bookOrizeum supplies the unqualified metal, while Orizeum præcipitatum describes a preparation involving the crocus of mercury.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 37; facsimile PDF page 365.
Historical definition
Orizeum foliatum is gold leaf.
Meaning
The qualifier identifies a physical form. Gold leaf is the modernised order of the historical Leaf-gold; the material name remains gold.
Use in the book
Orizeum supplies the unqualified metal, while Orizeum præcipitatum describes a preparation involving the crocus of mercury. The three entries show how a qualifier can identify form in one case and an operation in another.
Aurum planatum gives a direct parallel, identifying leaf gold or hammered gold. The connection lets readers move between two historical names for the leaf form without turning the other Orizeum preparations into leaves.
Places to read
- Orizeum foliatumRead the complete historical definition and its commentary.
- OrizeumA direct gold synonym.
- Orizeum præcipitatumA gold preparation described through the obscure printed form cros.
- Aurum planatumGold identified by being beaten into a thin form.
Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 37; facsimile PDF page 365 — Facsimile