LEADER 02884nam 2200577 450 001 9910792654503321 005 20230126215000.0 010 $a90-04-33631-1 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004336315 035 $a(CKB)3710000001009188 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4790465 035 $a 2016048246 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004336315 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001009188 100 $a20161019d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aScent from the Garden of Paradise $emusk and the Medieval Islamic world /$fby Anya H. King 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d[2017] 215 $a1 online resource (455 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aIslamic history and civilization ;$vv. 140 311 $a90-04-33624-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- Introduction -- About Musk and Its Terminology -- Commodities of Further Asia and the Islamic World -- History of Musk and the Musk Trade: From Further Asia to the Near East -- Islamicate Knowledge of Musk and Musk Producing Lands -- The Merchant World and the Musk Trade -- Musk in Daily Life in the Early Medieval Islamic World -- The Symbolic Importance of Musk in Islamic Culture -- Conclusion: Worldly and Otherworldly -- Bibliography -- Indices. 330 $aSince antiquity, musk has been a valued perfume and medicine. Because the musk deer only lives in Central Eurasia, people in other locations had to trade for its musk. For medieval Islamic civilization, musk became the most important of all aromatics. The musk trade thus illuminates the nature of medieval Asian trade and musk's cultural effects on the Islamic world. Scent from the Garden of Paradise: Musk and the Medieval Islamic World examines the history of musk from its origins in Asia to its uses in the medieval Middle East, surveys the Islamic literature on musk, and discusses the roles of musk in perfumery and medicine, as well as the symbolic importance of musk in Islam. 410 0$aIslamic History and Civilization$v140. 606 $aMusk 606 $aAromatic compounds 606 $aPerfumes$xHistory 606 $aPerfumes$xSocial aspects 606 $aMedicine, Medieval 606 $aIslam and culture 606 $aCommerce$xHistory$yMedieval, 500-1500 615 0$aMusk. 615 0$aAromatic compounds. 615 0$aPerfumes$xHistory. 615 0$aPerfumes$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aMedicine, Medieval. 615 0$aIslam and culture. 615 0$aCommerce$xHistory 676 $a668/.542 700 $aKing$b Anya H$01530648 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792654503321 996 $aScent from the Garden of Paradise$93775842 997 $aUNINA