HERB - Ointment, Balm, Salve Recipes??

[Elizabeth Zagula]

A fellow Artemisian who happens to be a librarian copied two chapters of
"Perfume Through the Ages" for me.  The two chapters I have are Chapter 8: 
Perfumes of Europe-From Charlemagne to Napoleon and Chapter 9:  The Scents
and Smells of Early England.  Lots of great information with many quotes
from a large variety of period sources.  No recipes for ointments, salves,
or balms.  It also discusses Hungary Water from 1370 as appearing in a
story from Beckmann's History of Invention, translated and published in
1639.  I have read your handout on your efforts to document Hungary Water
and question some of the information in the two chapters I have.  I do not
have the bibliography, so I cannot say if the book itself is based on
primary sources.

Elizabeth

There is a fine line between anal and efficient, I straddle it!

> 
> A lot of the references in the CA are to _Perfume through the Ages_. I
> just gave in and bought a copy of it (after reading it from the library),
> though I think some of his references/recipes use modern
> ingredients/recipes rather than period ones. Have you checked this source
> already or should I did through it tonight to see if there are any useful
> references?
> 
> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at tulgey.browser.net
> disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.
> 	"Oh it's all too much, too grim, too lovely, too -- how should 
> 	I put this? It's general chaos." -- Edward Gorey
> 
>
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