Hello Rene, you are certainly right about the identity of Gelosia / Gelloxia and Gelesia.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is a 1887 book about a manuscript in the Estense library. It says that Gelesia is You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
This You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. gives "Fior di Gelosia" as a name for the same plant.
I think it is very interesting that the spelling "gelosia" (jealousy) only occurs in a few languages, such as Italian and Catalan. This is likely a relevant hint to the origin of this chapter.
The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Egerton 747 you previously pointed out says that the source for the information about this plant is unknown. The plant is said to be a cure for epilepsy (caducos sive lunaticos). The Trinity College ms has a much longer text, which also gives "lunaticos" as a medical application (line 6). But the text really does not seem related with that of Egerton 747 or BNF Latin 6823.
The Trinity College ms also provides additional names. They are all abbreviated, so I am not sure of how they read: gionos? vulpentes? solutiosis?
PS: once again, the illustration appears to be strictly derivative from the text. Line 4: it has leaves of four colors: green?, yellow, blue and red. The leaves have been schematically split in four parts, with two orthogonal lines, and painted in the four different colors. Egerton 747 and Lat.6823 both state that the leaves have three different colors (as represented in the illustrations).
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is a 1887 book about a manuscript in the Estense library. It says that Gelesia is You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
This You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. gives "Fior di Gelosia" as a name for the same plant.
I think it is very interesting that the spelling "gelosia" (jealousy) only occurs in a few languages, such as Italian and Catalan. This is likely a relevant hint to the origin of this chapter.
The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Egerton 747 you previously pointed out says that the source for the information about this plant is unknown. The plant is said to be a cure for epilepsy (caducos sive lunaticos). The Trinity College ms has a much longer text, which also gives "lunaticos" as a medical application (line 6). But the text really does not seem related with that of Egerton 747 or BNF Latin 6823.
The Trinity College ms also provides additional names. They are all abbreviated, so I am not sure of how they read: gionos? vulpentes? solutiosis?
PS: once again, the illustration appears to be strictly derivative from the text. Line 4: it has leaves of four colors: green?, yellow, blue and red. The leaves have been schematically split in four parts, with two orthogonal lines, and painted in the four different colors. Egerton 747 and Lat.6823 both state that the leaves have three different colors (as represented in the illustrations).