EditorialPreparation of aromatic paste. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. The Sultan Ghiyath al-Din, watching the preparation of 'abtana' (aromatic paste). Two servants working on it, one mixing ingredients in a large bowl, the ot...
EditorialBird-Shaped Incence Burner, 12th?13th century, Attributed to Central Asia or Eastern Iran, Bronze; cast, pierced, and engraved, 9 13/16 x 3 9/16 x 7 3/8 in. (25 x 9 x 18.8 cm), Metal, Incense was widely used in the medieval Islamic world. At receptions...
EditorialBird-Shaped Incence Burner, 12th?13th century, Attributed to Central Asia or Eastern Iran, Bronze; cast, pierced, and engraved, 9 13/16 x 3 9/16 x 7 3/8 in. (25 x 9 x 18.8 cm), Metal, Incense was widely used in the medieval Islamic world. At receptions...
EditorialAdenosma glutinosum, Chinese aromatic plant (Large-flowered wingpoint, Pterostigma grandiflorum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards' Botanical Register, edited by John Lindley, L...
EditorialAromatic gums and woods were burnt in censers (incense burners) in an Egyptian temple. Woodcut engraving from Eugene Rimmel's The Book of Perfumes, London, Chapman and Hall, 1865.
EditorialFragrant orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea (Aromatic orchis, Orchis conopsea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smith's English Botany, London, 1791.
EditorialAromatic calla, Homalomena aromatica (Calla aromatica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from Samuel Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," London, 1821.
EditorialSri Lanka or Pompadour green pigeon, Treron pompadora (Aromatic pigeon, Columba aromatica). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscella...
EditorialAromatic shrub of New South Wales, Australia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1802.
EditorialDeath of the Assyrian king Sardanapalus on a funeral pyre of aromatic woods along with his gold, concubines and eunochs. Woodcut engraving by Lambert from Eugene Rimmel's The Book of Perfumes, London, Chapman and Hall, 1865.
EditorialBorneo camphor tree, Dryobalanops aromatica, critically endangered aromatic tree. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her "Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants," Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett dr...
EditorialBuru green pigeon, Treron aromaticus (Aromatic vinago pigeon, Vinago aromatica), a native of Indonesia. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selby's volume "Pigeons" in Sir William Jardi...
EditorialApple varieties, Malus domestica: Brown's Pippin, Fenn's Pippin, True Aromatic Pippin and Spitzburgh Pippin. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The...
EditorialHerb Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) is an antiseptic, cough reliever, and expectorant, and commonly used as an aromatic herb and medicinal plant.
EditorialOasis and waterfall of Ein Gedi, Israel, on the western shore of the Dead Sea, known since antiquity for its aromatic plants, palm trees and balsam. David hid himself here from Saul.
EditorialBox with porcelain tea caddies, Qing dynasty, c1755-c1800. The pewter box and flat cover are made in the shape of a prunus (plum) blossom. A five-lobed porcelain tea caddy and five fan-shaped ones are neatly fitted inside.The covers are inscribed in go...