[Sca-cooks] The great Medieval water myth
Sharon Palmer
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Sat Nov 23 07:14:09 PST 2013
>>therefor all the water/ which has a sour/ sharp/
>>over-salted taste/ as of sulphur and Nitro
>>(soda?)/
>
>If the word being used is "Natron," it's an obsolete reference to
>sodium in the general and sodium carbonate in the particular.
>Modernly, he would likely use the word Alkali in reference to a
>mineralized water possibly containing such nasty alkalis as arsenic.
>The tap water in Reno, while safe to drink, is an example.
It was "Nitro", which appears to be cognate to "Natron". You are
right, "alkali" is a better translation. Thanks.
Ranvaig
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