SC - Bananas?

[david friedman]

At 12:18 PM -0600 12/18/00, Decker, Terry D. wrote:

>There are supposedly references to bananas in some of the Arab texts, but I
>have not found the texts or translations.

_The Four Seasons of the House of Cerruti_ is based on an Arab text, 
of which I think the Latin version is Taciunum Sanitatas. It mentions 
bananas as being grown in Sicily, I believe, but the picture was 
pretty clearly drawn by someone who had never seen one.
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David Friedman
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