13-08-2016, 08:43 AM
The distinction in medieval pharmacology and medicine is between simplicia and composita. Theriac is one (of many) composita.
I would say that (most of) the plants are simplicia in a medieval medical sense.
The jars in the pharmacological section look very much like the jars used for keeping composita, including the labels these jars had announcing the name (mithridaticum, theriac and so on) of the compositum kept in it
I would say that (most of) the plants are simplicia in a medieval medical sense.
The jars in the pharmacological section look very much like the jars used for keeping composita, including the labels these jars had announcing the name (mithridaticum, theriac and so on) of the compositum kept in it