SC - Dairy Products (long) - was: Bread and Circuses, was: Citrus Fruit ...

[Philip & Susan Troy]

"James L. Matterer" wrote:
> 
> Ras and all - I have scanned the picture in question and have put it,
> along with a blow-up of the Latin text, on the web at:
> 
> http://www.labs.net/dmccormick/huen/butium.htm
> 
> Can anyone offer a translation?
> 
> Huen

Not necessarily a direct translation, but here's what it says in English
under the same illustration for entry #36, in the Liege Tacuinum section
of "The Medieval Health Handbook", a collated and translated collection
of several tacuina:

"36. BUTTER (BUTIRUM)
Nature: Warm and moist. Optimum: That which is made from sheep's milk.
Usefulness: Against superfluities in the lungs caused by the cold or by
dryness. Dangers: Renders the stomach apathetic. Neutralization of the
dangers: With astringent substances.   (f.39)"

HTH,
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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