[Trinity] Questions about Trinity MS script

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The synonyms are "friton" "cobdotos" "spinoaldus". I could make no use of the first two, but the last one could be a version of "spinus albus" masculine version of Spina Alba that appears in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. for Acantis Leuce i.e. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..

Spina alba (if that's what the scribe meant by spinoaldus) is sometimes meant to be Eryngium spina-alba, which is a form of thistle that was also called Acantis (sometimes labeled Acantis arabica).

Cnicus is also a thistle, the one most often represented is "Our Lady's thistle"... Cnicus benedictus), sometimes called Carduus marianus or C. benedictus.

I've noticed a lot of confusion about which thistle is which in discussions about medieval herbals in texts from the 18th and 19th centuries.

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It does have a yellow (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.) flower as in the Trinity description. Also in this case, the Trinity illustration is useless. The text says that the leaves are like lettuce (lobed) but the illustration doesn't follow the description.

I completely agree, the Trinity illustration is pretty generic and the leaves don't resemble thistle, not helpful at all. Some lettuce plants do have thistle-like leaves (e.g., prickly lettuce called Lactuca serriola) but the drawing doesn't resemble those either. I'm guessing the disconnect between text and drawing is because they weren't familiar with this particular plant and went by the written description.