Icelandic medieval monastic sites Icelandic plantnames and plants

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Icelandic medieval monastic sites: Icelandic plant-names and plants in a historical context

Icelandic medieval monastic sites: Icelandic plant-names and plants in a historical context

pre Linnaean historical / early botanical Pinax theatri botanici 1623/1671 post-Linnaean Species plantarum 1753

pre Linnaean historical / early botanical Pinax theatri botanici 1623/1671 post-Linnaean Species plantarum 1753 scientific horticultural botanical vernacular folk-botanical equivalents

edible greens Malva sp. kál kaal kail kål Rumex sp. Brassica sp.

edible greens Malva sp. kál kaal kail kål Rumex sp. Brassica sp.

Leymus arenarius, melgresi

Leymus arenarius, melgresi

sandhafrar villihveiti villikorn blaðka melstöng Leymus arenarius melgresi sumtagsnál sandgras

sandhafrar villihveiti villikorn blaðka melstöng Leymus arenarius melgresi sumtagsnál sandgras

Angelica archangelica, fjallhvönn

Angelica archangelica, fjallhvönn

hvannarót brjóstætihvönn hvannjóli graðhvönn Angelica archangelica englajurt englarót erkikvönn geitla

hvannarót brjóstætihvönn hvannjóli graðhvönn Angelica archangelica englajurt englarót erkikvönn geitla

Argentina anserina, tágamura Medieval names: akrmura, mora, mura, pastinaca

Argentina anserina, tágamura Medieval names: akrmura, mora, mura, pastinaca

 • Collected – Leymus arenarius • Favoured but growing wild – Argentina anserina

• Collected – Leymus arenarius • Favoured but growing wild – Argentina anserina • Cultivated – Angelica archangelica • Imported –

Viðey, 2009

Viðey, 2009

 • • • • Allium S Argentina anserina Artemisia Bistorta vivipara Borago officinalis

• • • • Allium S Argentina anserina Artemisia Bistorta vivipara Borago officinalis S Brassica sp. S Malus sylvestris S Menyanthes trifoliata Myrica gale Plantago major S Sanguisorba off. Urtica sp. S Valeriana officinalis - V V V V V

Allium oleraceum, villilaukr in Bær, 2010

Allium oleraceum, villilaukr in Bær, 2010

 • Bær 1030 -1050? Monastery? Missionary bishop Rúðólfur: school, garden etc. ? ?

• Bær 1030 -1050? Monastery? Missionary bishop Rúðólfur: school, garden etc. ? ? ? • Laukaflatir – (old) name of a small field where the laukr is still growing • The villilaukr is reported growing in Bær by Björn Halldórsson in Grasnýtjar 1783

Medieval laws: laukagarðr 13 th century? ? The bishop of Hólar died in the

Medieval laws: laukagarðr 13 th century? ? The bishop of Hólar died in the laukagarðr at Hólar in 1457 Hólar 2009

 • Bær 1030 -1050? Monastery? Missionary bishop Rúðólfur: school, garden etc. ? ?

• Bær 1030 -1050? Monastery? Missionary bishop Rúðólfur: school, garden etc. ? ? ? • Laukaflatir – (old) name of a small field where the laukr is still growing • The villilaukr is reported growing in Bær by Björn Halldórsson in Grasnýtjar 1783 • Medieval laws: laukagarðr 13 th century (Norwegian influence? ) • The bishop of Hólar died in the laukagarðr at Hólar in 1457 • Skáney – (close to Bær) German ”surgeon” Lazarus Mattheusson 1527 -1570 • Tautra monastery in Norway (1207 - ) the Allium oleraceum is growing there today