Table 1.

Average Weight of Natural Materials in de Gréoux’s Inventory

Type of Natural Material	Weight Average of Type	Natural Material	English Name	Weight of Natural Material
Waters	2 lb ½	Aqua rosarum	Rose water	5 lb ½
Waters	2 lb ½	Aqua nenupharis	Water lily water	6 lb
Syrups	4 lb ½	Syrupus de absinthe	Absinth syrup	7 lb
Syrups	4 lb ½	Oximellis simplicis	Honey vinegar syrup	7 lb ½
Oils	2 lb 8 onces	Olei ruyte	Rue oil	7 lb ¼
Oils	2 lb 8 onces	Olei aneti	Dill oil	6 lb
Animal fats	10 onces ½	Axungie mureti		1 lb 7 onces
Animal fats	10 onces ½	Axungie hyrcis		1 lb
Ointments	4 lb ¼	Unguentum album	Ointment of olive oil, white wax, and white lead	7 lb
		Unguentum martiatum	Soldier’s ointment	6 lb ½
		Unguentum bazilicon	Basilicum ointment	6 lb ¼
Plasters	2 lb ¼	Emplastrum dya chilon magnum	Plaster containing juices of herbs	3 lb ¼
		Emplastrum dyachilon commune	Plaster containing juices of common herbs	3 lb ¼
		Emplastrum trya pharmacon	Plaster composed of flour, water, and oil	3 lb ¼
		Emplastrum de betonica		3 lb ¾
Preserves	2 lb ½	Conserve acetone		3 lb ¾
Preserves	2 lb ½	Corticis citri	Preserve of citrus bark	3 lb
Opiates	3 lb	Cassie cum mele	Cassia with honey	6 lb ½
Opiates	3 lb	Zinziber vert	Green ginger	4 lb ¼
Jams	12 lb ½	Yranges confides	Orange jam	13 lb
Jams	12 lb ½	Roses confides	Rose jam	21 lb
Pills	1 onces ½	Pilule de rhabarbaro	Rhubarb pills	3 onces
Troches	10 drams ½	Trociscorum de terra sigilata	Earth from the island Lemnos made into a lozenge	3 onces
Cordial powders	1 once 3 drams	Pulvis dya rodon abbatis	Powders containing roses	3 onces
Cordial powders	1 once 3 drams	Pulvis cimini		4 oz
Electuaries	3 onces 1 dram	Dya carthami	A purgative containing safflower	½ lb 2 onces
		Succre candi	Sugar candy	½ lb 1 once
		Dya dragacanti	Mixture containing gum tragacanth	1 lb
Stones	1 once ½	Lapis saphirorum	Saphire	3 onces
Stones	1 once ½	Lapis lincis	Lynx stone	4 onces
Colors	1 lb 1 once	Mini		4 lb ½
Colors	1 lb 1 once	Machicot		3 lb ½
Roots	½ lb	Peony	Peony root	1 lb
Roots	½ lb	Costi dulcis	Sweet costus root	1 lb
Seeds	3 onces	Cornu servi		½ lb 3 onces (9 onces)
		Naturci	Nasturtium seeds	½ lb (6 onces)
		Aluminis plume		1 lb (12 onces)
Simples	5 lb	Mostardo	Mustard	50 lb
		Miel	Honey	128 lb
		Gredo		102 lb
		Boli armenia	Armenian bole	80 lb
		Semen lini	Flax seeds	37 lb
		Cassonade	Brown sugar	35 lb

Source: DALME, “Inventory of Rostaing de Gréoux,” 1547. https://dalme.org/collections/global-pharmacopeias-workshop/records/d4c360b5-12c2-4f50-8e19-326d92839acb/1r/.