[Trinity] Plant identification in Trinity College MS O.2.48 Apuleii Herbarium

[MarcoP]

Liber Serapionis (aggregatus in medicinis simplicibus)?

edit: crossed your post, Marco. You may be right, though it might still be worth a look.

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Nepita is at You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..It is discussed as a cure for poisons and as an abortive. There are no mentions of cats nor of cat-related names of the plant. The Trinity ms uses Nepitella to favor conception and to heal cough. Serapion's work is quite extensive and (as far as I can tell) strictly scientific.
Anyway, it's worth attempting more comparisons with this work, which also includes Arabic names for all plants.

I have also thought that the mystery monogram might be a V and refer to Arnaldus de Villanova. I have checked You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., but with even less success. The book is not organized as a herbal, discussing the properties of a single plant at a time. It is structured along themes such as cures for specific diseases etc.