HERB - Re: pomanders (fwd)

[Lynette]

It was used as incense during Religious ceremonies such as: Requium Masses,
Special Benedictions, and High Mass.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jenne Heise" <jenne at tulgey.browser.net>
To: <SCA-Herbalist at onelist.com>; <herbalist at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 6:19 PM
Subject: HERB - Re: pomanders (fwd)


> I'm forwarding a message from Stefan il Rous (of the Florilegium) with his
> permission... I seem to recall period uses of frankincense in food, but
> I'm not sure?
>
> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise       jenne at tulgey.browser.net
> disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.
>    "My hands are small I know, but they're not yours, they are my own"
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Subject:
>          Frankincense
>     Date:
>          Tue, 06 Jun 2000 01:09:03 -0500
>    From:
>          Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net>
>
>
> For those interested in learning more about the spice Frankincense,
> and some of its history you might want to read this article that
> just appeared in the May/June 2000 issue of "Aramco World"
>
> "Scents of Place: Frankincense in Oman" by Tim Mackintosh-Smith
>
> This journal is free and I highly reccomend it for those with an
> interest in the Arab world. Since I've been subscribing there have
> been a number of articles that whole or in part discuss the time
> period that the SCA covers.
>
> Before reading this I was really only aware of frankincense as being
> one of the gifts given to the christ child in the Christian nativity
> story. This article seems to be saying that it was more popular among
> the Romans but then interest in it wained after Rome fell, although it
> never disappeared entirely.
>
> Does anyone have any referances to frankincense being used in medieval
> foods or drinks? Other uses such as incense?
> --
> Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
> Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
> **** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****
>
>
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