Prüler Steinbuch (M1)

violaceus. flammas emittit aureas. hi pretiosi

violet; it gives off golden flames. These precious

lapides carnales signant homines. caelorum est varietas.

stones signify men of flesh. The variety of the heavens is

virtutum multiplicitas. iaspis multum valet.

the multiplicity of the virtues. Jasper is very effective

atfluxum sanguinis. si imponitur vino. et hoc biberit valet.

against a flow of blood, if it is put in wine and one drinks this; it helps.

obdaz wîp daz getrinket dâder selbe stein ingeworfen

If a woman drinks that into which this same stone has been thrown,

wirdet. issi nieht maget ûfire vüeze netzet. ist daz

if she is not a maiden, she wets her feet; if

si maget ist izne wirret irniet. ob dû diu blâter dâ dû

she is a maiden, it does her no harm. If the blister which you

wenest daz iz daz vreislich sî. mitdem selben steine.

think may be the dangerous kind, with this same stone

berîzesiz zegêt. er ist ouch guot wider die sæligensuht.

you scratch, it goes away. It is also good against the blessed sickness,

ober den wîn trinket. dâder stein inliget.

if one drinks the wine in which the stone lies.

er ist ouch guot dem. der daz starke fieber hât. ober dâr

It is also good for one who has the strong fever, if he

abe trinket. er ist guot den wîben di des kindes

drinks of it. It is good for women who are to be delivered

genesen sol. obsi danne getrinket. oder über den nabel

of a child, if she then drinks [of it], or if over the navel

gebindet. er ist guot dem gâhesan den ougen wê wirdet.

[it is] bound. It is good for one whose eyes suddenly hurt,

ober sich drîe morgene dâmit gesegenet innomine p. ⁊ f. ⁊ ſ. s.

if he blesses himself with it three mornings, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

er ist guot vüre aller slahte wurmbeize. ob dû in dâr an gelegest

It is good for every kind of snakebite, if you lay it on

dâiz gehecket sî dazeiter veret ûzder wunden. er ist

where the bite is: the venom comes out of the wound. It is

ouch guot dem dâ vergeben wirdet. ob er der kervelen suc trinket.

also good for one who has been poisoned, if he drinks chervil juice

dâ der selbe stein inneliget er spîwet daz eiter sâ. erist

in which this same stone lies: he vomits the poison at once. It is

ouch guot des dazer daz bluot verstrætet. daz ûzder wunden

also good in that it staunches the blood that from a wound

oder dennasen vliuzet. ober dâr anegebunden wirdet.

or the nose flows, if it is bound on there.

swelich wîp diu den stein hât andem vinger dazer die

Any woman who has the stone on her finger so that it

hût dâ durch rüeret. si wirdet niet swanger. erist ouch guot

touches the skin through [it] does not become pregnant. It is also good

dem miselensühtigen. ober in allezane treit sametime.

for the leper, if he always carries it with him.

iacincti der sint drîeslahte. einer ist rôt. unde griuzeloht.

There are three kinds of jacinth. One is red and grainy;

der ist ouchaller steine tiurest. ditze ist sîn natûre. ober in

it is also the most precious of all stones. This is its nature: if it