The Queen of Sheba's Gift: A History of the True Balsam of Matarea - Couverture rigide

Milwright, Marcus

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0748668497 ISBN 13 : 9780748668496

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2021

Synopsis

The balsam of Matarea was a substance famous as a panacea among physicians in the Middle East and Europe during the Antique and Medieval periods. It was used in many aspects of medieval life and is associated with figures such as the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, King Solomon, the Queen of Sheba and Cleopatra. The story of this substance takes the reader into the political life of the medieval Mediterranean and Middle East, and back into the ancient history of Palestine. Using written sources, visual data and archaeological material, Marcus Milwright reconstructs the fascinating cultural history of the balsam tree: from Jericho and En-Gedi to Egypt, and from ancient times to the 17th century. Miwright addresses the symbolic associations of balsam and the site of Matarea (where the last balsam tree died in 1615), the distribution of products from the tree through trade and diplomacy, and the applications balsam products in medicine, ritual and the domestic environment.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Marcus Milwright is Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology in the Department of Art History and Visual Studies at the University of Victoria, B.C., Canada. He is the author of The Fortress of the Raven: Karak in the Middle Islamic Period (2008), An Introduction to Islamic Archaeology (EUP, 2010) and The Dome of the Rock and it Umayyad Mosaic Inscriptions (EUP, 2016).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0748668497
• ISBN 13: 9780748668496
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
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