[Sca-cooks] Aramco articles
Craig Jones
drakey at webone.com.au
Mon Aug 15 22:50:07 PDT 2005
Quoting Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>:
> Regina mentioned:
> > Sounds like a successor to Ciba Review. The big pharmaceutical
> > company put this out a few times a year and it has magnificent
> > information on everything from Renaissance Dress to the Cotton
> > Trade in the 14th Century.
>
> Perhaps similar, although from what I've heard mentioned of the Ciba
> Review, it seemed to be more scholarly than the Aramco one. There are
> mentions of the Ciba Review in various places in the Florilegium.
> Including the evidence for a period air mattress. Made out of leather.
Ah b*llshit! You are kidding right! Do you have a reference for it, I'd love
to build that!!! A period air mattress... That beats the last one a friend
found for me, a period 'disco-ball'...
Drakey.
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