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| − | Hiera liber de simplici medicina antiquitus | + | Hiera liber de simplici medicina antiquitus berbena. |
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| + | Hiera AC | Hicta ul' hieia B ('er' misread as 'ct' and as 'ei') | Hibera ''ms''. e {''contamination with'' Hiberia ''or'' Hiberis?} | Hyra p <br /> | ||
| + | liber de simplici medicina antiquitus | lib’ antiquus de sĩ<sup>ci</sup> me<sup>a</sup> j <br /> | ||
| + | antiquitus AC j | antiquus B ejp <br /> | ||
| + | berbena (b''er''- p) ABC p | barbena ''ms''. e | v’bena j | ||
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| + | <span style="color:#3CB371">Translation:</span> | ||
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| + | ''Hiera'' is the name for ''berbena'' {"vervain"} in a book on simples medicines written in antiquity. | ||
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| + | <span style="color:#3CB371">Commentary:</span> | ||
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| + | Hiera: <br /> | ||
| + | is Greek ἱερά /hierá/ "holy, sacred", short for ἱερὰ βοτάνη (hierà botánē/ "sacred plant". <br /> | ||
| + | There is also a compound version of this name: ἱεροβοτάνη [/hierobotánē/, see [[Ierabotani]], [[Ierabotanum]]. | ||
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| + | Simon's ''book on simples medicine from antiquity'' is Ps.-Dioscorides, ''De herbis femininis'' [[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55056t/f637.image]], 54, ed. Kästner (1896: 629), where the short form of the name is used: ''Hiera. Quam latini verbenam vocant''. – "''Hiera'', which Latin speakers call ''verbena''". And it goes on to explain the motivation for the name: ''Ideo a Graecis nomen accepit, quod sacerdotes eam purificationibus adhibere consueverunt'' – "For this reason it takes its name from the Greeks, because the priests used to employ it in purifications". | ||
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| + | The fuller name ἱερὰ βοτάνη /hierà botánē/ occurs in a chapter of that same name in the Greek Dioscorides, 4, 60, ed. Wellmann (1906-14: II.213 ff) [[http://cmg.bbaw.de/epubl/online/wa_dioscurides_mat_med_lib_3_4.html]], and in the Longobardic translation, 4, 66, ed. Stadler (1901: 30). ''De gera votane'' [[http://www.digizeitschriften.de/dms/img/?PID=PPN345572629_0011|log10&physid=phys10#navi]]. It is also mentioned in Pliny, 25, 59, 105, ed. W.H.S. Jones (1938-63: VII. 214, 216), who emphasises the importance Roman culture affords this plant, which he also calls ''verbenaca''. | ||
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| + | <span style="color:#3CB371">Botanical identification:</span> | ||
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| + | Most authors agree that it is ''Verbena officinalis'' L., "common vervain" [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbena_officinalis]], [[https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=verbena+officinalis+images&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=pGeXUpH0FKbY7AbgsIHgAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1440&bih=754]]. | ||
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| + | [[User:WilfGunther|WilfGunther]] ([[User talk:WilfGunther|talk]]) 28/11/2013 | ||
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| + | For further information see [[Berbena]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:32, 30 November 2016
Hiera liber de simplici medicina antiquitus berbena.
Apparatus:
Whole entry missing in f
Hiera AC | Hicta ul' hieia B ('er' misread as 'ct' and as 'ei') | Hibera ms. e {contamination with Hiberia or Hiberis?} | Hyra p
liber de simplici medicina antiquitus | lib’ antiquus de sĩci mea j
antiquitus AC j | antiquus B ejp
berbena (ber- p) ABC p | barbena ms. e | v’bena j
Translation:
Hiera is the name for berbena {"vervain"} in a book on simples medicines written in antiquity.
Commentary:
Hiera:
is Greek ἱερά /hierá/ "holy, sacred", short for ἱερὰ βοτάνη (hierà botánē/ "sacred plant".
There is also a compound version of this name: ἱεροβοτάνη [/hierobotánē/, see Ierabotani, Ierabotanum.
Simon's book on simples medicine from antiquity is Ps.-Dioscorides, De herbis femininis [[1]], 54, ed. Kästner (1896: 629), where the short form of the name is used: Hiera. Quam latini verbenam vocant. – "Hiera, which Latin speakers call verbena". And it goes on to explain the motivation for the name: Ideo a Graecis nomen accepit, quod sacerdotes eam purificationibus adhibere consueverunt – "For this reason it takes its name from the Greeks, because the priests used to employ it in purifications".
The fuller name ἱερὰ βοτάνη /hierà botánē/ occurs in a chapter of that same name in the Greek Dioscorides, 4, 60, ed. Wellmann (1906-14: II.213 ff) [[2]], and in the Longobardic translation, 4, 66, ed. Stadler (1901: 30). De gera votane [[3]]. It is also mentioned in Pliny, 25, 59, 105, ed. W.H.S. Jones (1938-63: VII. 214, 216), who emphasises the importance Roman culture affords this plant, which he also calls verbenaca.
Botanical identification:
Most authors agree that it is Verbena officinalis L., "common vervain" [[4]], [[5]].
WilfGunther (talk) 28/11/2013
For further information see Berbena.
