As usual, this is wonderful work! Thank you. It reminds me of 'ahah, that's what they meant!' moments in taichi practice where previously opaque words finally seem clear, in the light of physical practice.
This is exactly the kind of history-made-practical detective stuff I absolutely love. It also overlaps quite a lot with my research into the Filaha books of Al-Andalus, and all those puzzling questions like how were they talking about prickly pears when supposedly those didn’t come to Europe until the Columbian exchange? And all the wonderful crops and preparations that have fallen out of use including botanical dyes, which I am dying (no pun intended) to put into practise, as soon as I can get hold of madder and safflower. Weirdly enough they cultivated sumac for the fruity spice, which the conquistadors took to Patagonia where it’s still cultivated as a dye, but it fell out of cultivation in Spain, among many other crops (henna included). They do reference some minerals too though I don’t really know how they used them (yet)…thanks for this colourful and thoroughly researched read.
What wonderful research! Thank you for sharing
My pleasure!
Thank you so much Jumana for sharing this precious treasure!!!! Great work !!!
No problem at all, more to come!
Absolutely fantastic information. So insightful and instructive. Thank you! Maya
Thanks for reading!
As usual, this is wonderful work! Thank you. It reminds me of 'ahah, that's what they meant!' moments in taichi practice where previously opaque words finally seem clear, in the light of physical practice.
Yes, exactly! And the general fact it’s so hard to explain certain things to people unless they go through the process themselves.
This is exactly the kind of history-made-practical detective stuff I absolutely love. It also overlaps quite a lot with my research into the Filaha books of Al-Andalus, and all those puzzling questions like how were they talking about prickly pears when supposedly those didn’t come to Europe until the Columbian exchange? And all the wonderful crops and preparations that have fallen out of use including botanical dyes, which I am dying (no pun intended) to put into practise, as soon as I can get hold of madder and safflower. Weirdly enough they cultivated sumac for the fruity spice, which the conquistadors took to Patagonia where it’s still cultivated as a dye, but it fell out of cultivation in Spain, among many other crops (henna included). They do reference some minerals too though I don’t really know how they used them (yet)…thanks for this colourful and thoroughly researched read.