eC ee Ne Ee 
till about the 18th century. 
Tue ‘“ ANTRORARIUM ”’ 219 
Helinus as author of a chronicle of the school, the CHRONICLE OF HELINUS, which at- 
tributes its foundation to ‘Sem, son of Noah, who came into Apulia, and founded the 
city Salerno.’ This chronicle is named as its own source by the later CHRONICLE OF 
1260 written under King Manfred, which described the botanical garden. 
1020? Salernus, see preceding ; but Renzi makes him same as Salernus of 1167. 
1020, Adala Saracensus, ‘‘ who taught concerning Saracenic literature to Sar- 
acens,’’ says the chronicle of Helinus ; his name may be meant for Abdallah, J/eyer ,; 
e also appears as Adana and Aldana, among the seven masters who compiled the ‘* 
trorarium.”’ 
totle and Galen and other philosophers composed ; and these men were of that periodt 
who prepared the compend on medicine (comventum in medicina) with the [three] 
before-mentioned masters [Masters Primus, Pontus and Salernus]. First master was 
Gug'ielmus de Bononia; 2d, Michael Stortus, who was of the city of Salerno; 34, 
Guglielmus de Ravegna; 4th, Enricus de Padua; 5th, Tetulus Graecus; 6th, Solonus 
Ebraeus ; 7th, Abdana [or Adana] Saracenus; who made and composed at that time 
e book which is called Antrorarium.”’ ost of these names are otherwise unknown, 
one at least, Michael 
his Antidotarium it seems probable, is the same with the Antidotarium untv-r- 
sale described by Giacosa, p. 375-378, which occupies 110 folio i 
century MS, at Turin, is ‘remarkable for its great number of medicaments of Graeco- 
Latin tradition,’’ and doubtless antedates Constantinus, as it has no mention of his 
alphabetical ; each narrates first the properties, then the composition, 
The MS. begins ‘ Antidotarium. rea Alexandri 
dolorem sedat,”” and ends with Vera piyra, or sacred bitters. 
the disuse of the word Aster, common generic term in the 
century for any much vaunted remedy, as ster incomparabilis, etc. 
* Aur-a Alecandrina. WNith this name the Antidotarium of Nicolao ee 
‘ ‘ 
— aureum of Nuttall; but belonged originally to th 
piusatrum, fide DeCandolle, who identifies it with the hipposelinon of Theophrastus, 
us atrum of Pliny, the macerone of Italy: cultivated in English vegetable gardens 
