[Trinity] Questions about Trinity MS script

[MarcoP]

So I've been practicing some more on reading this text, it's quite rewarding. In the beginning I couldn't read a thing, then some words, now some half sentences. Though I'm still very far from Marco/Helmut level

Sometimes it's also hard to tell whether my reading is wrong or the text is just weird. For example, this plant on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. seems to have some anecdote about birds connected to it, but I can only half understand it:



"The name of the herb is sticados citrini (?). Some call it barba jovis. Some (erased). Some call this herb avium because once a bird put 8 of this herb in his nest. Something something weasel nest bird something something didn't know"

Hello Koen, I am amazed by how fast you learn!
It seems to me that the only bit you missed is the abbreviation that looks like a large apostrophe and stands for 'e' or a syllable containing 'e' (see attachment).

Transcription: Nomen herbe sticados citrinii. alii barba jovis vocant. alii ??? | alii vocant eam herba avium. quod quedam avis. in nido suo de hac herba ponit. | similiter et mustella in nido suo eodem facit. quod mustella et hec avis virtutem | eius agnoscunt. hec herba habet odorem quasi pomum [citronium - not visible in image detail]

Translation: The name of the herb is sticados citrinum. Some call it barba jovis. Some (erased). Some call it "herb of the birds" because a certain bird puts some of this herb in its nest. Similarly, also the weasel does the same in its nest, because the weasel and that bird know | its [of the plant] virtue. This plant has a smell almost of lemons

Thank you for pointing out this peculiar anecdote: something that could help in tracing sources for this part of the herbal....