[Sca-cooks] period asbestos

[Ian Kusz]

I remember the element asbestos being mentioned in the works of Albertus
Magnus, who died in 1280....if that helps?

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Stefan li Rous
<StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>wrote:

> <<< Asbestos is period, at least for tablecloths.
>
> http://www.weitzlux.com/asbestos-middle-ages_1886642.html
>
> Ranvaig >>>
>
> Yep, we had a very nice discussion on period asbestos including quotes from
> the period texts, which the above link doesn't have, about a year ago. I was
> hoping they might have some new info, though.
>
> p-asbestos-msg (8K) 1/17/10 Period use of asbestos.
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/CRAFTS/p-asbestos-msg.html
>
> Score another one for oddballs, er, the esoterica uncovered on this list...
>
> Stefan
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