f18v...Dioscorides...something about those leaves
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I went through BNF Grec 2179 and I spotted a couple of non-botanical details added to plants (it's possible there are others that I missed).

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (this was also discussed by Toresella in his paper about the Alchemical Herbal - "Gli Erbari degli Alchimisti). The plant is "Lonchitis". From the Latin translation You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.: "the flowers resemble gaping comic masks, black, sticking out like a tongue".

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has what appear to snake-heads. The plant was labelled "tragos" (maybe Ephedra distachya), but the label was cancelled. My best guess is that the origin is that the illustration is about the next plant, "bromos" (oats) which (from the Latin translation You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.) "bears small hanging fruits at the tips, like little two-legged locusts". But this case is less clear than Lonchitis.


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RE: f18v...Dioscorides...something about those leaves - by MarcoP - 05-07-2024, 06:30 PM

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