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Re: VMs: The Villard Portfolio
Hi Nick
Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
FWIW, I'm interested in the syntactic structure of
medieval recipes.
I enclose some text from Picatrix, which has a sort of recipe section:
Picatrix Latinus
Page 156-7
(the number 3 in the following text is a symbol that *looks* like
a 3 and according to Capelli means "una dramma, ditre scrupoli",
the upper case B by itself looks like a greek uppercase beta)
Ad idem. Recipe sanguinis galline eiusque cerebri, sanguinis leporis,
sanguinis algazel et sanguinis humani ana 3 iiii. Omnia vero ista insimul
misce et incorpora; et cum istis adde granorum mandragore 3 ii. Si ex istis
aliquem suffumigaveris, magna videbis mirabilia.
Ad idem. Recipe cerebri columbi albi euisque sanguinis et sanguinis aquile
ana 3 ii, coaguli leporis 3 i, cerebri asturis 3 B. Omnia ista in unum misce et
bene incorpora. Et ex eo cui volueris dabis in cibo, et ab eo amaberis.
Ad idem. Recipe sanguinis galli, sanguinis leopardi, sanginis leporis ana 3 i,
sanguinis humani 3 ii. Omnia ista insimul incorpora, et cum eis addas euforbii
3 i. Quemcumque autem cum ista confectione suffumigas, ab eo diligeris, et
eius spiritus et voluntates erga te movebuntur.
Ad idem. Recipe sanguinis passeris eiusque cerebri ana 3 i, sanguinis
musciple et eius cerebri ana 3 i, sanguinis humani 3 iiii, euforbii terciam
partem 3. Misceantur, !
et da in potu cui volueris.
Ad idem. Recipe cerebri gatti nigri, urine hominis ana. Misceantur, et da in
cibo cui volueris; et eius spiritus et voluntates erga te in amorem movebuntur.
You might also like the section "latin prescriptions" from Ince
"The Latin Grammar of Pharmacy", Balliere, London 1903. 8th Ed.
I assume from your email address that you are in the UK, if you want a few pages photocopied (I should get a digital camera soon) from Picatrix or Ince, let me know.
Regards,
Brett Cotton
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