[Trinity] Questions about Trinity MS script

[Koen G]

I am really curious whether "D" ever said any of these odd things.

To me it looks like the person who compiled this volume had the intention to streamline his sources as much as possible into an Apuleius-like herbal format.. Initially I thought that he used "D" whenever he wanted to add some fanciful tales about plants, but the more I studied it, the less likely that appeared. I think "D" was an actual source, called Diascorides by the scribe. It is certain that this is not the real Dioscorides. 

It is indeed true that many of the quotes attributed to this Diascorides are very strange - flowers that talk in the morning, herbs you can use to make your enemies impotent etc. It might be that, as we discussed before, this was some pseudo's work. Another option I'd consider is that these tales came from a source which would have appeared unreliable to the scribe's audience. Some "exotic" collection of miraculous plants, perhaps.