HERB - Scholarly sources

[Gaylin Walli]

Raisya said:

>There IS an English translation, done by Raef Payne, in a lovely edition that
>includes a photocopy of one of the surviving 9th century copies.  This is one
>of the few surviving sources on herbs and gardening from the earlier periods.
>  Unfortunately, it was a very small printing, you may have problems finding a
>copy.  I posted most of them to the list a couple of years ago for that
>reason.

I must have been a lucky girl then because I picked up a copy of this at
the Stave Church at Pennsic in 1999. You're right. It is a lovely little
book and the photocopy of the original is crystal clear. Very easy to
read for anyone wishing to try their hand at the original translation.

Iasmin

Iasmin de Cordoba, iasmin at home.com
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