HERB - "Hortulus" - "Lily"

[Gaylin Walli]

Raisya wrote:

>I think it's pretty certain he means the Madonna lily.  First, the Madonna
>lily was very close to the rose in popularity.  And later in the rose poem,
>Strabo ties the lily to the Madonna.  I've been saving the rose poem <G>.

That's a great lead. You know, I've been quite jealous of you
with this book the whole time you've been posting the poems. :)
No one around seems to have it available, much to my dismay.
I've gotta start putting pressure on my library to look harder.

I was half hoping the Persius Project had an online copy of Strabo,
but they only have "Geography". There are a number of other period
references at their site and I'm slowly working my way through
them with hopes of finding more herbal/medical/botanical sources
for people to look through and use as originals. Found a place
to look through original papyrus texts too. Both sites are mostly
historical texts so far, but I keep hoping. :)

Jasmine

Jasmine de Cordoba, Midrealm (Metro-Detroit area of Michigan)
jasmine at infoengine.com or g.walli at infoengine.com

"Si enim alicui placet mea devotio, gaudebo; si autem
nulli placet, memet ipsam tamen juvat quod feci."
-- Hroswith of Gandersheim
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