A return to f25v - the dragon is the key, obviously, but is it basil?

[MarcoP]

Since both Thomas (when he first linked the newly scanned Paris, Museum national d'histoire naturelle Ms 326 "Recueil de dessins de plantes" 1487) and JKP (in another thread) commented on the text of Gengiana, I share here my rough transcription and translation.

Vale ale ulcere | cavernox al suco |
Vale a le ferite | de l erba e radice |

Questa. erba si domanda gengiana la qale nase in cima de monti ombrosi |
a la radice grosa amara di sua natura e calda e seca bevuta cum vina .a. |
peso de 3.ij cum pevaro e ruta vale a le morsure de serpenti e una drama del |
suco bevuto cuntra al male de costa e caduto d alto .amacia li vermi.


Translation:

The juice heals cavernous ulcers
The root of the plant heals wounds

This plant is called Gengiana. It grows on the top of shady mountains. |
It has a large root. Its [Galenic] nature is hot and dry. Drank with wine [? “vina” for “vino”] by |
the weight of 3 ij [? I don't know what this weight abbreviation means] with pepper [“pevaro” - could also mean "Asarum europaeum"] and rue it heals snake bytes. Drinking one drachma of its |
juice [helps] against chest pain and [wounds caused by?] falling from high. It kills parasites.

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Several words point to a Veneto origin for this manuscript:

• cavernox[e] - the Venetian dialect is basically the only Italian dialect using "x"
  
• grosa for grossa, seca for secca - dropping double consonants is also typical of the Venetian dialect
  
• pevaro for "pepper" orYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. - I only found this term used in Veneto (Padua/Treviso in particular).