catholicon
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The former purports to have been grounded on the Catholicon of Balbus, 1460, the Cornucopia of Perottus, the Gemma Vocabulorum, and the Medulla Grammatices, with additions by Ascensius.
From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew
For further early references to Cockle or Darnel see note on "Darnelle" in the "Catholicon Anglicum," p.
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson
The preface contains a sarcastic harangue in orthodox charlatan style on the merits of the new Catholicon or Panacea.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
Melchior Goldast Catholicon rei monetari� sive leges monarchich� generales de rebus numariis, etc.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur
Latin.—Johannes de Janua, Catholicon or Summa, finished in 1286, printed Mogunti� 1460, fol.;
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
