Crocologia - a Detailed Study of Saffron, the King of Plants.
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- 9789004435292
- 633.82
- HD9999.D7 .F73 2020
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Introduction -- 1. Crocologia and Its Author -- 2. Saffron -- 3. Saffron in Orthodox European Medicine after Crocologia -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes on Our Translation Methods -- Translated Text -- Frontispiece, Title Page, Dedications, and Cabalistichon -- Chapter I. Etymology and Description of Saffron -- Chapter II. Attributes, and Species, of Saffron -- Chapter III. Native Place, and Time When [Saffron] Emerges and Flowers -- Chapter IV. Cultivation of Saffron -- Chapter V. Selection of Saffron -- Chapter VI. Properties of Saffron -- Chapter VII. Uses of Preparations of Saffron -- Chapter IIX. Diseases of the Brain -- Chapter IX. Diseases of the Eyes -- Chapter X. Diseases of the Ears -- Chapter XII. Diseases of the Teeth and the Tongue -- Chapter XIII. Diseases of the Chest -- Chapter XIV. Diseases of the Heart -- Chapter XV. Diseases of the Stomach -- Chapter XVI. Diseases of the Intestines -- Chapter XVII. Diseases of the Liver -- Chapter XVIII. Diseases of the Spleen -- Chapter XIX. Diseases of the Kidney and Bladder -- Chapter XX. Diseases of Women -- Chapter XXI. Fevers -- Chapter XXII. Diseases of the External Parts -- Chapter XXIII. The Mechanical Uses of Saffron -- Questions Concerning Saffron -- Illustration of Different Kinds of Crocuses, and Explicative Table -- Appendix 1. Hertodt's References -- Appendix 2. Animadversion on Hertodt's Crocologia by Wenzel Maximilian Ardensbach (1671) -- Appendix 3. Glossary -- Crocologia, Our References -- Index.
In Crocologia - A Study of Saffron, the King of Plants, Sally Francis and Maria Teresa Ramandi provide the first translation into English of a unique seventeenth century book devoted to saffron, with a commentary on its author and on saffron.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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