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Anya H. King
Since antiquity, musk has been a valued perfume and medicine. Because the musk deer only lives in Central Eurasia, people in other locations had to trade for its musk. For medieval Islamic civilization, musk became the most important of all aromatics
Autor:
Larissa Tracy, Kelly DeVries
The spectacle of the wounded body figured prominently in the Middle Ages, from images of Christ's wounds on the cross, to the ripped and torn bodies of tortured saints who miraculously heal through divine intervention, to graphic accounts of battlefi
Autor:
Paulina Lewicka
This monograph is a pioneering study and reconstruction of the food cultures and menu of medieval Cairenes and their daily practices, customs and habits in relation to food and eating, through the analysis of a large corpus of historical texts in Ara
Autor:
Efraim Lev, Amar
This volume uniquely looks into the practice of medical care in the medieval world, particularly amongst the Jewish communities of Egypt. It examines the medicinal prescriptions, lists of materia medica and letters between physicians, pharmacists and
Autor:
Paola Zambelli
This book explores philosophical theories which in the Renaissance provided an interpretation of nature, of its laws and exceptions and, lastly, of man's capacity to dominate the cosmos by way of natural magic or by magical ceremonies. It does not co
Autor:
Gary Leiser, Noury Al-Khaledy
This is a translation and edition of the medieval Arabic medical work entitled Imtiḥān al-alibbā'li-kāffat al-aṭibbā'('The Experts'Examination for All Physicians'). It is a study guide for students of medicine prepared by Abd al-Azīz al-Sula