medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
A great idea -- but I think the image does not compare
with the pictures of spikenard I have found.
--- Bonnie Blackburn
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
>
> > Gentian is the best identification I can come up
> with,
> > but I'm willing to be corrected if I am wrong.
> >
>
> What about nard (spikenard), which was used to make
> ointment? As soon as I saw
> the Magdalen it put me in mind of the first stanza
> of the hymn for St Mary
> Magdalene, Nardi Maria pistici:
>
> Nardi Maria pistici
> Sumpsit libram mox optimi,
> Unxit beatos Domini
> Pedes rigando lacrimis.
>
> Bonnie Blackburn
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