20-10-2021, 09:24 PM
Hmm yes but that could be just about the color, without any biblical connection. Ftr, the reason why it intrigues me that lunaria is called "judas coins" is that this particular plant has 29 "coins", really close to Judas's 30. Moreover, they are arranged in a menorah-like shape which would be a reference to the ones who payed Judas this money (as any 15thC person would have known from the Bible story). The missing piece of information is whether the name "Judas coin" for lunaria, as it exists in various languages today, was already found in medieval vernacular.