Name (Engl. "sleeve of Hippocrates") for a filtering bag used in the Middle Ages to remove substances from wine. See under Hypocras.
Name (also Hipocras, Hippocras, Hippokras, Hypokras, Ipocras, Ippocras, Ypocras) for a flavoured spiced wine that was heavily sweetened. The name is derived from the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377 BC) because wine was attributed medicinal or healing properties in the Middle Ages. Various substances such as cinnamon, cloves, orange blossom, ginger, cardamom, marjoram,...
I have great respect for the scope and quality of the wein.plus encyclopaedia. It is a unique place to go for crisp, sound information on terms from the world of wine.
Dr. Edgar Müller
Dozent, Önologe und Weinbauberater, Bad Kreuznach