Note (17) — BOOK III.
James Greive translation
17. Ointment of saffron.) In preparing this they first inspissated the oil by boiling it with calamus and myrrh, and then infusing saffron in it for five days, and stirring it frequently; and on the sixth the oil was poured off clear. Others added the myrrh in powder, after the oil was poured off the other ingredients.