TY  - BOOK
AU  - Francis,Sally
AU  - Ramandi,Maria Teresa
TI  - Crocologia - a Detailed Study of Saffron, the King of Plants
T2  - Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Series
SN  - 9789004435292
AV  - HD9999.D7 .F73 2020 
U1  - 633.82 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Saffron crocus
KW  - Medicinal plants
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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