Thierry Buquet
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Thierry Buquet's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 3 years, 8 months ago
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Thierry Buquet deposited De la pestilence à la fragrance. L’origine de l’ambre gris selon les auteurs arabes in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months agoThe 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…[Read more]
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Thierry Buquet deposited De la pestilence à la fragrance. L’origine de l’ambre gris selon les auteurs arabes on Humanities Commons 6 years, 8 months ago
The 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…[Read more]