HERB - "Hortulus" - notes

[Roberta R Comstock]

Hello, 

I haven't been reading all the _Hortulus_ posts carefully, because I have
a copy of the book which I found entirely by accident in a used book
store about 10 years ago.    However, seeing the high level of interest
in it, I thought I might be able to offer some information that may
assist poeple in their searches.

My copy  of  _Hortulus_ by  Walahfrid Strabo was published by the Hunt
Botanical Library, Pittsburgh, PA,  in 1966, an edition limited to 1500
copies.  It was translated by Raef Payne and has lengthy commentary by
Wilfrid Blunt.  LCCCN 66-20398

A point that may be of further assistance is this note from the foreword
of the book:  "As Wilfrid Blunt explains (p.1),  the name Walahfrid
Strabo means 'Walahfrid the Squint-eyed.'  Despite the use of the
designator Strabo by itself in the first two printed editions of the
_Hortulus_ , it is considered incorrect to treat Strabo (or its variant,
-Strabus_) as if it was his surname.  It was no more than an identifying
nickname.  Citations such as 'Strabo, Wahlifrid' are inadmissible.  The
only family name he had, in the sense that it was given by his family,
was Walahdrid.  When it is desired to shorten his two-word name, one
drops the Strabo.  One will find in the literature about him every
spelling variant, although in the oldest manuscript it is spelled
Walahfrid (see -Encycl. Brit., ed. 11).  These variants include Walafrid
(Choulant 1832 and Reuss 1834), Walafred (Luxmoore 1922), and Walafried
(Sierp 1924)."  

I anyone is interested,  I could list for you the previous publication
history, beginning with the first in 1510.  Several were untranslated or
were in French or German.

Hertha
Froggestow at juno.com


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