SC - Manual de Mujeres 1, 2, 3

[Serian]

oops - type! yes, 4 oz. DUH!!!

harper at idt.net wrote:
> 
> 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
> Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
> mka Robin Carroll-Mann
> harper at idt.net
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