[Sca-cooks] Atraf al-Tib / lisan al-'asafir

[emilio szabo]

There is a medieval text printed in vol. XVII of the medical works of
Arnaldus de Villanova, a 13th century Catalan, died 1309 (IIRC),
translated from an Arabic source, if I am not mistaken. The glossary to
the edition has "lingua avis" for "lisan al-'asafir".

http://www.fundacionoguera.com/libros/ARNAU%20XVII%2004.pdf


Download the file above and search for "lisan", the third hit should lead you to the entry.


It is also mentioned in another text on materia medica, Serapion:


"Lingua avis / 064v / Lisen hasafir id es lingua avis / Eschensamen ?"


See:
http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/ub/sosa/inku/SerapionRegisterNetzversion.htm


On lingua avis see the 13th century Herbal of Rufinus, edited by Lynn Thorndike in 1946 (page 139).


E.