Title The Queen of Sheba's gift : a history of the true balsam of Matarea / Marcus Milwright.

Publication Info.	Edinburgh ; Edinburgh University Press, [2021]
	©2021

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Description	1 online resource (xv, 336 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture
	Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-352) and indexes.
Summary	The balsam of Matarea was a famous panacea among physicians in the Middle East and Europe during the antique and medieval periods. Using written sources, visual data and archaeological material, 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.
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Subject	Medicinal plants -- Islamic countries -- History -- To 1500.
	Medicinal plants.
	Islamic countries.
	History.
Chronological Term	To 1500
Subject	Trees -- Symbolic aspects.
	Trees -- Symbolic aspects -- Islamic countries -- History -- To 1500.
	Materia medica -- Islamic countries -- History -- To 1500.
	Materia medica.
	Civilization, Medieval.
	Civilization, Medieval.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: 0748668497 9780748668496 (OCoLC)1193066439
ISBN	9780748668502 (electronic book)
	0748668500 (electronic book)
	0748668497
	9780748668496