13-11-2016, 12:44 PM
UPenn Lawrence J. Schoenberg MS LJS 419 is a XV Century Italian herbal, possibly from Veneto.
I just noticed that the leaves of the plant illustrated You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ("fugana"?) contain letters. It seems to be the same words repeated on each leaves. It seems to be clearly readable in the top left leaf: "uon" I would say.
Any idea of what this could mean? Color annotations come to mind, but "uon" does not seem to me to be like any Italian word for colors.
I think the plant could be the Eastern plant that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. calls "fagara d'Avicenna" (tentative idea, of course).
Actually, the name of the plant reads "sup[er]ana]", from the text of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., it's clear that the first letter is an 's'.
It corresponds to one of the plants in the Alchemical herbals: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
I just noticed that the leaves of the plant illustrated You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. ("fugana"?) contain letters. It seems to be the same words repeated on each leaves. It seems to be clearly readable in the top left leaf: "uon" I would say.
Any idea of what this could mean? Color annotations come to mind, but "uon" does not seem to me to be like any Italian word for colors.
I think the plant could be the Eastern plant that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. calls "fagara d'Avicenna" (tentative idea, of course).
Actually, the name of the plant reads "sup[er]ana]", from the text of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., it's clear that the first letter is an 's'.
It corresponds to one of the plants in the Alchemical herbals: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..