[Trinity] Plant identification in Trinity College MS O.2.48 Apuleii Herbarium

[ReneZ]

When going over "feminine" herbs, I was able to match most to a list found here:

Pseudo-Dioscorides' "Ex Herbis Femininis" and Early Medieval Medical Botany 
Author(s): John M. Riddle 
Source: Journal of the History of Biology, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring, 1981), pp. 43-81 
Published by: Springer 
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I can recommend you to read the entire paper. It has valuable information on the problems of identifying herbs from old herbal illustrations.

I have done the same exercise, not only by looking at the names, but also by comparing with other manuscripts that include these two herbal traditions. I only briefly summarised it You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.  .

Going by your two lists:


41v pontafilos, trifolia   -> I could not match this to any herb (yet)
44v bouiantos              -> same problem
46r inantes?                  -> this is nr. 26 Melena
46v text missing?          -> the one at the top is out of sequence: 57 Delfion. The one at the bottom could be 69 Lachnis (*)
49r romoys                   -> this is 33 Aizos
50v loniasos                  -> this is 40 Ficios / hecios
53v papau? agste? frias? -> papaver agreste, this is 46 Moecon
61v gelocia                     -> was discussed elsewhere (gelosia / galesia) and is not part of "Ex Herbis".

Note (*): it looks like the illustration of Lachnis in Plut. 73.41.


Plants from Riddle's "feminine plant list" which I have not assigned are the following:
13. Sticas       -> yes, missing
26. melena     -> 46r bottom
33. aizos         -> 49r bottom
40. ficios, hecios, alcidiabios -> 50v bottom
46. moecon    -> 53v
69. Lachnis     -> 46v bottom (perhaps)
70. Abrotonum   -> missing
71. aparine, filantropos  -> missing

I also did not find 68 Sion.


Once I figure out how to get data from my Excel files between spoiler tags, I will include both lists for Pseudo Apuleius and Ex Herbis.