SC - Manual de Mujeres 1, 2, 3

[harper at idt.net]

And it came to pass on 9 Nov 00, , that Serian wrote:

> OK, here's my best shot at translating.
> 
> 1.  Polvos para los dientes -- Tooth Powder
> 
> y cuatro onzas de porcelana, y
[snip]
> & 1/4 oz of porcelain

That would be four ounces, I believe.

> 2.  Pebetes de olor -- (can't find pebetes, but it seems to
> be pebbles or little lumps, of scent)

If you have not already done so, bookmark the following:
http://www.rae.es/NIVEL1/buscon/AUTORIDAD2.HTM

It is an online, searchable version of the 1726 and the 1992 editions 
of the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy.  A wonderful,  
ESSENTIAL reference for translating historic Spanish documents.  
It gives three different definitions of "pebete".

> medio cuarto de almizcle, un cuarto de algalia, otro cuarto
> de lináloe. Todas estas cosas molidas y pasadas por cedazo.
[snip]
> 1 oz of musk, 1 quart of civet, another quart
> of aloe vera.

Although "cuarto" can mean quart, it also means a quarter part of 
something.  I think that here it means a quarter ounce, and that 
"medio cuarto" would be 1/8.

> In Service 
> Lady Serian

An excellent start.  The Manual is not the easiest of texts, with all 
those specialized perfume and medicine terms.


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
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mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net