10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LADANUM»
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ladanum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of the Bible
Genesis 37 (KJV) The generally recognized sources of ladanum have been
Cistus creticus, C. cyprius, C. ladanifer, and C. monspeliensis. Some of the EFS
data below may indeed apply to C. ladanifer. All VAD data below accrue to C.
ladinifer ...
2
Encyclopaedic dictionary of the Bible
ous resin which exudes from the branches of th« Cistus creticus, known by the
name of ladanum 01 labdanvm. It is clear that lot. cannot signify " myrrh," which is
not produced in Palestine, yet the Scriptural passages in Genesis speak of this ...
William George Smith, John Mee Fuller
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Lectures on the Materia Medica Etc. Published from the ...
50 ounces) of Ladanum, worth a crown onctthe spot: but it is hard labour. The
best of it must be dirty: besides, the peasants knead it with the black sand and
dust of the soil, or place where the shrubs grow. Vide T. &e. - " There are three
kinds of ...
4
Lectures on the Materia Medica: Containing the Natural ...
In a good day a man will thus gather about an oque (i. e. 50 ounces) of Ladanum,
worth a crown on the spot : but it is hard labour. The best of it must be dirty :
besides, the peasants knead it with the black sand and dust of the soil, or place ...
Charles Alston, J. Bell ((Edimburgo)), John Hope, 1770
5
Practical Materia Medica of the Medieval Eastern ...
Ladanum Cistus ladaniferus (Cistaceae) a: lādhan, lādan799 d&h: The name of
the genus derives from the shape of the fruit, which resembles a box (Greek kiste)
.800 The resin extracted from the leaves and stems of the ladanum plant is bitter
...
Efrayim Lev, Zohar ʿAmar, 2008
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The Encyclopædia of Geography: Comprising a Complete ...
Gum Ladanum is the produce of a ver handsome species of Cistus, well known in
our gardens, the C. creticus (fig. 498.), the edon of Dioscorides, in whose time the
gum that Poterium Spinosum. Dianthus Arborens. , _ Cistus Creticus. exuded ...
Hugh Murray, William Wallace, 1848
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Oriental Literature, Applied to the Illustration of the ...
The Hebrew word, which Luther has translated by spices, signifies rather dragant
, (gummi tragakanthae) ; and for myrrh is to be substituted ladanum, an
odoriferous greenish soft resin, which is produced on the leaves of the cistus, a
shrub ...
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A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a ...
Dioscorides says they gather the Ladanum by means of goats, which browzing
on the leaves of the shrub, return to the stable with their beards loaded with a fat
substance, which the peasants rake off with a kind of comb made on purpose.
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Odorographia a natural history of raw materials and drugs ...
Some Ladanum is also collected in Spain and Portugal, but not exported. The
price is very variable, being afl'ected by the colour, odour, and consistence of the
drug; that of a deep brown, and such as melts most readily, is preferred.
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A history of the materia medica: containing descriptions of ...
CHAPTER V. Ladanum, Labdanum. LA B D A N U M, or Ladanum, as it is
variously written, is a Resin of the softer Kind, though too firm in its Consistence
to be ranked among the fluid ones. We meet with it of two Kinds in the Shops, the
one in ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LADANUM»
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ladanum is used in the context of the following news items.
Now is time to plant gray to enjoy in summer garden
... is best known for its smooth, sticky – albeit dark green – leaves. It produces a gumlike resin, believed to be the source of biblical ladanum. «Sacramento Bee, Jan 15»
Pharaohs and the first prescriptions
Ladanum treated dandruff but baldness was treated with fats, oils and, symbolically, with hedgehog quills. For burns, an antibacterial mixture of turpentine, ... «The Pharmaceutical Journal, Jan 15»
April: Month-by-month guide to planting, gardening and produce …
... crimson-spot rockrose, is best known for its smooth sticky leaves. It produces a gum-like resin, believed to be the source of biblical ladanum. «Sacramento Bee, Feb 14»
Word of the Day / Shkedim: From soup to nuts
... your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds [shkedim]'” (43:11). «Haaretz, Sep 13»
How to grow: Cistus
Ladanum, a commercially extracted gum, comes from this species. The shoots are sticky and the imposing leaves are dark green and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 13»
NYPD to put an end to day care services at police headquarters
"This was the only place I could find," said Margaret Ladanum, 41, a lower Manhattan resident whose 3-year-old started attending the center in ... «New York Daily News, Aug 09»
Plant Life: Rock rose set to steal the show
... habit and narrow bright green leaves which, along with the young stems, are covered in a sticky fragrant resin called ladanum or labdanum. «Otago Daily Times, Nov 08»
