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Ninth Sign [Accidental Voice]

Nov 22, 2010 15:20

[The communicator turns on as Will is halfway through reading something aloud to himself in a thoughtful tone of voice.]

-is called of some Sanguis Draconis, of the bloudy color of which the whole plant is possest. If you take the roots of Monks Rhubarb and red Madder of each halfe a pound, Sena foure ounces, Anise seed and Licorice of each foue ( Read more... )

reads herbal treatises for fun, gerard, quite mad for anthropology, *america, *balthazar, ordinary boy, *enkidu, of the light, old one, *sue, *natsuno

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[Video] of_wild_clay November 25 2010, 01:27:44 UTC

[He's really, really trying to catch everything that you just said but...yeah. Failing a bit here...]

Who is Gerard?

Re: [Video] beyondimagining November 27 2010, 03:57:03 UTC

An herbalist and a writer. Half-forgotten now, he is.

Re: [Video] of_wild_clay November 27 2010, 03:59:52 UTC

Herbalist?

That word is new to me. What does it mean?

...ah, then you were reading from his writings?

Re: [Video] beyondimagining November 27 2010, 04:05:27 UTC

It is someone who studies the uses of plants. Herbalists wrote books like this to gather together all of the information known about plants of different types. What they looked like, where they grew, and whether they had any virtue for food or medicine.