HERB - [Fwd: hist-brewing: XIIIth cent spice named Squinant]

[Gaylin Walli]

> > Malabathrum:  From what I can tell its a Indian Cinnamon, any
> >  other ideas?

More correctly, perhaps, and if I am not mistaken, early Latin
used the word "malbathrum" to refer to the dried leaf of
cinnimon. See for reference this web page:

http://metalrg.iisc.ernet.in/~wootz/heritage/prod1.html

As for the squinant, I could not say.

Jasmine
iasmin de cordoba, gwalli at infoengine.com

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