(29-05-2022, 05:28 PM)Helmut Winkler wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Marco,
I am sure you are wrong, the first letter is a long s, look how the ductus is flowing,
there is no separate dash, not to say that farina - flour really does not make sense
in this context.
Hi Helmut, I am afraid that this time I must disagree. "Huius farinae" was used figuratively, meaning "of this kind / of this nature". I was not familiar with this expression, but I could easily find various occurrences of it. Philip Neal's translation You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is grammatically correct and fits the context perfectly.
Quote:Multas huius farinae scripturas uarijs occasionibus me dissoluisse memini
I can recall solving many writings of this kind when the occasion presented itself
These are a couple of XVI Century examples:
Top: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (1541)
Bottom: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (this edition, 1521, see the line above the highlighted word)
EDIT:
Another example, from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (1570). This is probably even closer to our case, since the expression is applied to magical spells and characters.
Quote:...ea tractare statui, quae ad pietatem attinent, id est de superstitiosa et Magica curatione per verba, characteres, invocationes nescio quorum Angelorum et quicquid huius farinae cacodaemones excogitarunt.
I have resolved to deal with those things which pertain to piety—that is, concerning superstitious and magical healing through words, characters and the invocations of all sorts of angels and whatever else of this nature evil spirits contrive.


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