22-05-2024, 08:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 22-05-2024, 08:54 PM by RobGea.
Edit Reason: spacing and text and extra note + sp
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More issues:
voynichese 'oror' / 'aror'[1] transcribed as 'aron'
--Eva( 'r' ) transcribed into 2 different latin-script letters, no rationale given.
--No rationale given for interpreting voynichese glyphs as ordinary latin-script letters.
--No explanation given as to why voynichese words are present.
--Confusion over which plant is meant sarsaparilla (Smilax ornata) or Sassafras (deciduous trees in the family Lauraceae)
Sassafras is in included in the summary yet both sarsaparilla and sassafras are mentioned in the text body.
Note: some confusion may stem from the reference given in the OPs pdf:
"History of Different Therapeutics of Venereal Disease Before the Discovery of Penicillin" by Judit Forrai
Forrai has a wrongly labelled image.
Forrai has 'Ábra Sarsaparilla' where the actual image is of 'Aralia nudicaulis' (wild sarsaparilla) similar name, different family.
Forrai uses the prefix' Ábra', i could not be bothered to find out why, afaik no one uses that prefix,
and as the OP uses that prefix as a means to grasp onto the usage of sassafras / sarsaparilla in the recipe then
the sassafras / sarsaparilla ingredient of this recipe is suspect.
[Edit]
Ábra' is hungarian for 'figure' - Oh, a possible example of Error propagation ?
[1] ZL transcription
Quote:The sign plus is interpreted as "add" by the author further on.--no contemporary example or reference provided.
voynichese 'oror' / 'aror'[1] transcribed as 'aron'
--Eva( 'r' ) transcribed into 2 different latin-script letters, no rationale given.
--No rationale given for interpreting voynichese glyphs as ordinary latin-script letters.
--No explanation given as to why voynichese words are present.
--Confusion over which plant is meant sarsaparilla (Smilax ornata) or Sassafras (deciduous trees in the family Lauraceae)
Sassafras is in included in the summary yet both sarsaparilla and sassafras are mentioned in the text body.
Note: some confusion may stem from the reference given in the OPs pdf:
"History of Different Therapeutics of Venereal Disease Before the Discovery of Penicillin" by Judit Forrai
Forrai has a wrongly labelled image.
Forrai has 'Ábra Sarsaparilla' where the actual image is of 'Aralia nudicaulis' (wild sarsaparilla) similar name, different family.
Forrai uses the prefix' Ábra', i could not be bothered to find out why, afaik no one uses that prefix,
and as the OP uses that prefix as a means to grasp onto the usage of sassafras / sarsaparilla in the recipe then
the sassafras / sarsaparilla ingredient of this recipe is suspect.
[Edit]
Ábra' is hungarian for 'figure' - Oh, a possible example of Error propagation ?
[1] ZL transcription


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