Ms. Plut. 73.16, medication-education

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Tolerance toward pagan prayers, as in Ms. Plut. 73.16, was not always and everywhere present. Here is an example:

Footnote in Eva-Maria Wagner's dissertation, "Untersuchungen zu Lesbarkeit und Aussagekraft von Pflanzendarstellungen in mittelalterlichen Kräuterbuchhandschriften am Beispiel des Codex latinus monacensis 28531" Inaugural-Dissertation ( page 112 ):
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In Cod. vind 93 fol. 9v, numerous passages in the prayer to the goddess Earth “precatio Terrae” have been erased by scraping. The invocation “Dea santa Tellus” was subsequently changed to “Deo sancto.” - When gathering the “Herba Basilisca,” which is endowed with miraculous properties, the prayer to the earth "Domina sancta tellus“ should be repeated (fol. 116v). A later addition notes: ”You are lying, for that is against the Christian faith."  ("Tu mentris, est enim contra fidem christian(i)am").

The “corrected” text passages should be here: 
ÖNB, Medizinische Sammelhandschrift, Cod. vind 93, First half of the 13th century, fol. 9v
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