URL article : http://beo.revues.org/4692International audienceThe origin of ambergris, an intestinal pathologic secretion of the sperm-whale, used in perfumes and medieval pharmacology, had been long debated among Arab scholars. The paper exposes the various hypotheses related to this origin, and its textual transmission during medieval times. These traditions show a good example of complex relations between good and bad odors, connected to the different colors of ambergris (black, grey, white) and to its animal (whale or fish-dung), mineral or vegetal originL'origine de l'ambre gris, une sécrétion intestinale pathologique du cachalot utilisée en parfumerie et dans la pharmacopée médiévale, a longtemps été débattue par les auteurs arabes. L...
Fragrance and perfume connect with our most basic and primitive window on the world – our sense of s...
Ambergris – a digestive by-product in sperm whales used in early modern perfumery and medicine – was...
International audienceL’origine de l’ambre de baleine (ambre gris) a longtemps été débattue, du Moye...
URL article : http://beo.revues.org/4692International audienceThe origin of ambergris, an intestinal...
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The present article examines the meaning and function of olfactory remnants, often repugnant, linked...
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Fragrance and perfume connect with our most basic and primitive window on the world – our sense of s...
Ambergris – a digestive by-product in sperm whales used in early modern perfumery and medicine – was...
International audienceL’origine de l’ambre de baleine (ambre gris) a longtemps été débattue, du Moye...
URL article : http://beo.revues.org/4692International audienceThe origin of ambergris, an intestinal...
National audienceThis article is about Black Sea salted fish in Antiquity, from its making to its co...
The present article examines the meaning and function of olfactory remnants, often repugnant, linked...
Cet article porte sur le lien entre jaunisse et oiseaux, qui passe par celui entre jaune et jaunisse...
Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), fixatives and solve...
The Bath of the Women of Melun : Medieval Jews and Ritual Baths' Cold Water - The article deals with...
International audienceIn this article, I argue that skin colours have a history, while focussing on ...
Spanish purgatives watters «made in France » – Before the First world War, many french societies exp...
article co-écrit avec Mohammed MellhaouiInternational audienceLa perception de la peste en pays chré...
L'arôme de la marchandiseLa commercialisation de l'olfactifCet article montre comment la relation qu...
International audienceThis article traces the economic circulation of purple wool in Mesopotamia. Th...
Résumé : Cet article traite des salaisons de la mer Noire dans l’Antiquité, de leur fabricat...
Fragrance and perfume connect with our most basic and primitive window on the world – our sense of s...
Ambergris – a digestive by-product in sperm whales used in early modern perfumery and medicine – was...
International audienceL’origine de l’ambre de baleine (ambre gris) a longtemps été débattue, du Moye...