228 Aster History; SALERNO 
Its first rae Armoise (Artemisia), quotes ‘‘ Maycres’’ as terming it ‘‘ mother of 
herbs,’’ and adds ‘‘ 8 masters say whoso carries the seed of Armoise will keep him- 
self from any serpent 
A Turin MS. of Macer of the 14th century in 46 folios noticed by Giacosa, p. 
444, presents the name in the legitimate form ; beginning 
Herbarum Macer dixit carmine vires,— 
and is of interest because the numbering of its pages is partly in cipher, not in letters as 
in earlier MSS. 
Another and weed related French MS. herbal, taken largely from Macer but 
later and in a 16th century hand, exists in the National Library at Turin, in 26 leaves, 
beginning ‘* /cr ate and stating that it is copied from the book of De Bray, which 
book was ‘‘a Lempereur et au roy Charl.” Itstyles itself ‘* De virtutibus herbarum 
and ‘ Zz noms des herbes.”” 
1390? The Pavian ‘‘ ERBARIO”? exists in a 15th century codex (130) of the Uni- 
versity of Pavia, forming the whole elegant codex of about 130 folios, with descriptions 
and with colored figures. The figures, ee are highly diagrammatic, are drawn 
with more regard to effect than accuracy are conventional forms derived from 
older MSS. Camus has noted the pagans (Malpighia, 97. 1895) and Giacosa 
the figures emgiit Sal. , 447-452). Of these he has reproduced several in his Atlante, 
plates 18, 19, 20, Turin, 1901 ; showin ng its herba lucea, herba gualia, herba lunaria, 
herba cimbalaria quae uae cottilidon vocant, yris yllirica, herba Wid and soe 
illochartas. 
Figures occur under the following f interest to Aster history : 
Stellaria, fig. 5 ; for what ae f 
Herba amorsu serpentis, fig. 32. 
Herba oculus domini, fig. 54 (Oculus Christi of DaManlio? ) also Calendula, Inula 
campana, Centaurea — Absinthium, Salsifica, Ungula caballina ( Tussilago) and 
perhaps other Composita 
We note also of eeu and of lapathum, 
Agronomie quae domiani unone vocant. 
Patella sive paratella sive piratella. 
1410 ? ERBARIO DI Papova, the Paduan Herbarium,an MS. herbal in Italian, ocet 
(ant plate 20) Hemens the figures i forba illocharis’’ and ‘*h 
ext is a translation into Italian from the Latin of the Pavian ‘ el 
1415 Rinius. The Liber de simplicibus alias Rinii; a MS. lie in the 
Marcian library of Venice; with figures of plants derived froma codex of Dioscorides. 
1456? The Baptitta Antidotarium, 58 agg of MS. forming-the beginning of & 
Turin 15th century codex, written in 2 colum s, rubricated and with red initials. It 
bears the name Baptista, in gold letters, indicating the same author as the following. 
It begins ‘* Aurea Alexandrina si etc., and includes parts of the rem medies . 
Nicolao Prepositor, Mesue, Almansor and Serapion, and of the following little kagn 
maestri ; Giovanni de Lignino, ie de Cays, Iacopo de Borsano, Giovanni, M 
de Grate, Magno, Alberto di i Canobbio, Gratiano, etc. 
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