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Viola frigida est in primo gradu, humida in fine secundi / … a dyoscorides “Leucius” dicitur. Cuius trest sunt / species … … melinum / [160v] et album et purpureum florem ostendit. Sed / mellinus color medicine necessarius est. …
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De leucoyon. Omnibus notus est, sed in flores distantias habet, quia mellinum et album et purpureum florem ostendit. sed mellinum colorem medicine necessarius est. qui <si> siecu uel elixatu fuerit et fomento adibeatur, tumores stericos curat, menstruis imperat….
So this tradition lists three different kinds of Viola with yellow, white and purple flowers respectively. The one with yellow flowers was regarded as the most useful as a medicine.
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You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. quotes Theodorus Gaza’s translation of Theophrastus (~1454) as the source for Viola Tricolor.
He says that Gaza renders as “viola flammea” (flaming violet) the Greek names used by Theophrastus (φλόγξ ή φλόγιον, φλόγα). You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., a paper by Ute Holtzegel, discusses how the plant appeared in European texts during the Renaissance.
Viola frigida est in primo gradu, humida in fine secundi / … a dyoscorides “Leucius” dicitur. Cuius trest sunt / species … … melinum / [160v] et album et purpureum florem ostendit. Sed / mellinus color medicine necessarius est. …
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De leucoyon. Omnibus notus est, sed in flores distantias habet, quia mellinum et album et purpureum florem ostendit. sed mellinum colorem medicine necessarius est. qui <si> siecu uel elixatu fuerit et fomento adibeatur, tumores stericos curat, menstruis imperat….
So this tradition lists three different kinds of Viola with yellow, white and purple flowers respectively. The one with yellow flowers was regarded as the most useful as a medicine.
EDIT
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. quotes Theodorus Gaza’s translation of Theophrastus (~1454) as the source for Viola Tricolor.
He says that Gaza renders as “viola flammea” (flaming violet) the Greek names used by Theophrastus (φλόγξ ή φλόγιον, φλόγα). You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., a paper by Ute Holtzegel, discusses how the plant appeared in European texts during the Renaissance.
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