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botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Almonds - Herb Profile and Information
... it burst forth into bloom - an emblem of true love inextinguishable by death. During the Middle Ages, Almonds became an important article of commerce in Central Europe. Their consumption in medieval cookery ... fevers and as a vermifuge, and they were also employed by them, and in the Middle Ages as an aperient and diuretic, and as a cure for hydrophobia, but from the uncertainty ...
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cactus-books.com: A History of Succulent Plants by Gordon D. Rowley
... of contents: Why Succulents? Prehistory Classical Era - The Dawn of Science The Garden & the Glasshouse Middle Ages Herbals - from Gerard to Ray The Age of Richard Bradley - A Disincornufistibilated Servant of Botany ...
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The Rose: A Marian symbol
... belief with flowers. Why did the Rose become a relatively important symbol through the Christian ages? Is there a Biblical foundation? Although wild roses grew in Palestine at the time of ... manner though two themes: the rose garden and the devotion of the rosary. During the Middle Ages the theme of the rose garden developed from the symbolism of the rose in the ...
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November 2003 Newsletter
... the conversation was sub rosa and therefore, confidential.  This convention was maintained well into the Middle Ages. Romans often got their winter's supply of roses from Egypt, but eventually learned ... though, Persia was preeminent for roses during the 14th through 20th century. MIDDLE AGES Roses were widely cultivated in the Middle Ages and often worn by knights at tournaments as the emblem of ...
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Rose Trivia
... particular, have always played an important role as a luxury food throughout Europe and the Middle and Far East. The use of roses in cuisine has a long history. The Chinese ... rose as food. Travelers’ tales recount how in Nanking, the capital of China during the Middle Ages, there was an intensive rose-growing industry to produce petals to be used to flavor ...
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Mistletoe
... still ceremonially plucked on mid-summer eve in some Celtic and Scandinavian countries.) In the Middle Ages and later, branches of mistletoe were hung from ceilings to ward off evil spirits. In ...
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The Brilliant Lychnis
... of Russia and Siberia, it had spread as far as the Mediterranean region by the Middle Ages, and is said to have been introduced to Europe during the time of the Crusades ...
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Hanukkah through the ages
... up Olive Roots The development of Hanukkah through the ages The miracle of the oil is a legend but the tradition for lighting lamps had ... Hanukkiah in the window even though it might be dangerous to do so. In the Middle Ages there was an emphasis on the theme of martyrdom as many Jewish people were murdered ...
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Open Directory - Bookmarks: L: leahmarie: Crime and Punishment
... Torture - Exhibition in San Francisco of European Instruments of torture and Capital Punishment from the middle ages to the present, from the collection of the Criminal Medieval Museum of San Gimignano, Italy ...
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Open Directory - Society: History: By Time Period
... /By_Time_Period Top: Society: History: By Time Period (5,903) Description Ancient (1,259) Middle Ages (551) Eighteenth Century (315) Nineteenth Century (682) Seventeenth Century (114) Sixteenth Century (67) ... mankind. Eras of Elegance - Dedicated to reviving the simplicity, grace and gentility of ages past. EyeWitness to History - Profiles of historical characters and events from ancient times ...
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