MarcoP > 03-05-2017, 10:45 AM
-JKP- > 03-05-2017, 07:47 PM
Quote:MarcoP I have looked at the Common-Greek-Hebrew part of the manuscript and here are some names that seem to more or less make sense with the description of the plants (much less so with the illustrations):
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Quote:MarcoP: 185v bottom Dabelion
(the description is partly unreadable)
foliis similibus cameleonte agresti. ... stipitem crocesas rotundis ... flore facit
leaves similar to Dipsacus, round yellow [flowers?]
The name suggests Dandelion "Dent de lion" Taraxacum, but the illustration shows a bulbous root, so it could be some other plant with the same name,
e.g. Leontodon bulbosus
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unam stipem rectam habens rub[eam] cum florem unum celestem in summo
a single straight red stem with a blue flower on the top
It could be the obvious You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
MarcoP > 05-05-2017, 03:19 PM
-JKP- > 05-05-2017, 07:06 PM
(05-05-2017, 03:19 PM)MarcoP Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Conoriel, at You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., looks like Dandelion.
The Greek name "stakis" suggests You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
The text says the plant has no stem and leaves similar to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
Quite exceptionally, the text also provides Latin names for the plant: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (left).
How to make sense of all these different plants? Where does "conoriel" come from?
Koen G > 05-05-2017, 08:06 PM
Quote:Taraxacum officinale has many English common names (of which some are no longer in use), including blowball, lion's-tooth, cankerwort, milk-witch, yellow-gowan, Irish daisy, monks-head, priest's-crown and puff-ball;[25] other common names include, faceclock, pee-a-bed, wet-a-bed,[26] swine's snout,[27] white endive, and wild endive.[28]
ReneZ > 05-05-2017, 08:28 PM
MarcoP > 05-05-2017, 09:08 PM
Koen G > 05-05-2017, 09:29 PM
-JKP- > 05-05-2017, 10:57 PM
(05-05-2017, 08:28 PM)ReneZ Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view....
One of the most recognisable herbs in this part of the Cambridge herbal appears under two names, on two pages, and with two illustrations. This is 'Palma Christi' or 'Pentadactilus', presently known as Ricinus.
The version on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. was already mentioned here before, and it provides a reasonably 'true to nature' version of Ricinus.
Someone wrote the name 'palma christi' (abbreviated) in black under the red name 'Pentadactilus'.
The version on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is also found in copies of Tractatus de Herbis:
The similarity is there, but one cannot say that the Cambridge illustration is a copy of one of the other two. It is the same herb, but in an original rendition.
This is where the question of time and place of creation of the Cambridge MS comes in.
Right now I am still puzzled, and I can only suspect that this has already been analysed by some scholar.
ReneZ > 06-05-2017, 07:25 AM