On Mar 5, 2007, at 8:07 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote:
> Pimpinella is anise, a spice, and it get mentioned a lot among
> 18th century
> foodstuffs. It (Pimpinella rhodentha) was also occasionally added
> to cheese,
> and I think it lent its name to that particular cheese.
> So it could refer to a
Dear Peter & al.
On Monday 05 March 2007 11:29, Peter Steur wrote:
> in some manuscripts for baroque lute, pieces are found that are
> designated with 'Pimpinella', a word that I have always found a bit
> strange. Now finally I have searched a little bit on it and found
> that it is actually the
