Re: Some Words from the Worm

Dan Clore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> 
> That undoubtedly explains the word. I would probably have 
> found this myself, if I knew of a good search engine that 
> accepts wildcards. (In this case, a search for "aphrosel*" 
> would be in order.)


I can perhaps help with *zamalenticion* too. While searching for
something else in an index the other day, I came across a reference to
the herb zamalention [sic]. If you go to

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/medieval/mss/ashmole/1462.htm

and scroll down to folios 79v-80r, you will see illustrations of 
"zamalention feminea" and "zamalention masculus" (the Web page's
"zamalethion" for the latter is an error; the manuscript clearly reads
"zamalention"). I'm no botanist and cannot identify the actual plant
or plants (if any) that the work is referring to, but since it claims
that both zamalentions heal all wounds, this would seem to be
Eddison's herb right enough.

RPN