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Crocologia - a Detailed Study of Saffron, the King of Plants.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (333 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004435292
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Crocologia - a Detailed Study of Saffron, the King of PlantsDDC classification:
  • 633.82
LOC classification:
  • HD9999.D7 .F73 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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