The next post will focus on describing hair colour and style. Below is an excerpt from the Trotula, a 12th century text on women’s medicine, and here we have a hair remedy:
Sī mulier velit habēre longōs capillōs et nigrōs, accipe lacertam viridem et remōtō capite et caudā, coque in oleō commūnī. Tālī oleō inunge caput; reddit capillōs longōs et nigrōs.
If a woman would like to have long and black hair, take a green lizard and, its head and tail having been removed, cook it in ordinary oil. Anoint the head with such oil; this makes the hair long and black.
The Mediaeval lady in the manuscript has her head covered, and so we can't really tell if this miracle cure worked or not!
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