(15-05-2017, 06:05 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.That abbreviation is so strange. Seeing it here, I would almost read is as "LS". In that case, might the "L" stand for "Liber"?
Here the mystery source provides botanical information, right? I was almost convinced that it had to refer to a version of Isidore de Sevilla's work, but this makes it less likely.
It could be "LS", but at 76v it says "in libro ???", so I guess "LS" or whatever is the name of the author: "libro" is not included in the monogram.
Sometimes the source provides botanical information. The "cat" anecdote seems specific enough, if it could be traced.
In the chapter about Kalendula (78r) the anagram is written in black and red. I can't read the first verb, but I guess the meaning is something like: "but ??? [contradicts] them and calls this plant Amomum Agreste".
Of course, it would be very interesting to identify this mystery source, but that is not the main source of the text (since it is explicitly mentioned and occurs in a limited number of chapters).