SC - FW: Spices Used as a Form of Currency?

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Medieval Trade in the Mediterranean World
copyright 1955
Columbia University Press
New York, NY
author last name:Lopez
ISBN 0-231-01865-7
Libr of Congr #  HF395.M43 1990


I found the listing in my 'card catalog'.

niccolo


sca-cooks at ansteorra.org wrote:
> I got it!  You'll find many references in _Medieval Trade in the Mediterranean 13...." (dont have title right in fron tof me.  There are references to merchants payong port taxes using grains, cinnamon, long pepper and a couple other tax spices.  I seem to recall the references for Naplesin the 14th century showed persian traders coming in and paying with pound of spice.  It is an indispensable resource sa it lists cargo manifests from and to different locations as well as commentary on some obscure substances.
niccolo difrnacesco
sca-cooks at ansteorra.org wrote:
> I think this is a question for Fransico, but I also thought it would beof general interest to the list.  
Christianna

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From: "Loverde, Ginger" 
To: "Christine A Seelye-King (E-mail)" 
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 10:48:12 -0400
Subject: FW: al-jisr: FW: Spices Used as a Form of Currency?

Thought you might be able to answer this question....
Ginger

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From: Beary, Karen [mailto:kbeary at usatoday.com]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 7:46 AM
To: 'Al-Jisr'
Subject: Spices Traded as a Form of Currency?
Date: Sunday, May 21, 2000 11:37PM

I've run out of ideas and am hoping someone from the list will be able to
help me out.  Is there someone (anyone?) making up the list who may have
run
across documentation sources for spices used as currency by Arab
merchants?

In my research into spices and trade, I've seen evidence (several places)
that Europeans used spices -- peppercorns, for example -- as a form of
currency.  But nowhere have I found references to Muslim merchants using
spices as "legal tender."

The value placed on spices was often greater than that given to gold or
jewels and I know that ancient cities were founded on the wealth of
Muslim
spice merchants.  Does anyone out there know how to find out if Arab
merchants used spices as a form of currency as well as a tradable
commodity?

Any assistance that surfaces would be greatly appreciated.

Izdihara al Hakima bint durr
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