SC - copyrights
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Sat Nov 11 14:33:21 PST 2000
>My understanding is that incense is a fairly generic term for burnable
>perfumes (or something like that). What was given to the Christ Child was
>Frankincense; Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh
>
>Gwynydd
It is now, but in older books i've looked at and in some modern
languages "incense" means "frankincense". Other burnable resins are
usually specified by name, such as myrrh, styrax, storax, gum benzoin
(aka benjamin and a bunch of other names), gum elemi, etc.
Anahita al-shazhiyya
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