De la pestilence à la fragrance. L'origine de l'ambre gris selon les auteurs arabes
International audience 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...
Published in: | Bulletin d’études orientales |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | French |
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2015
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4000/beo.4692 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01303794/file/BEO-2015_Buquet_ambre-gris.pdf https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01303794 |