Monday, April 15, 2024

22.03.24: more on Mediaeval hair colouring!

If you go back to the post on 07.03.24, you’ll see a questionable Mediaeval recipe for long and black hair. Now there are a few more jigsaw pieces:

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.

  • accipiō, accipere [3-iō]: receive; take > acciplacertam viridem: take a green lizard
  • coquō, coquere [3]: cook > coque in oleō commūnī: cook (it) in ordinary oil
  • inungō, inungere [3]: annoint > inunge caput: anoint the head

So, not only can you make your own hair long and black, you can tell somebody else how to do it!




 

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