Coronary Flowers And Their 'Arabick' Background
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20060764 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John N Harvey (0000-0002-5155-2898, corresponding author), John Harvey (0000-0002-8924-6212) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Pages | 297-303 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The 'Arabick' Interest of the Natural Philosophers in Seventeenth-Century England (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004247062_016 |
| OpenAlex | W2478369888 |
| ISBN | 9789004247062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The word 'coronary' came into fashion soon after 1600 to specify plants mainly or exclusively decorative, as distinct from those of commercial, dietetic or medicinal use. Although the word belongs especially to the seventeenth century, it expressed a development with roots going far back into the past, and specifically into the Medieval 'Arabick' world. In the context of flowering plants, 'Arabick' includes everything belonging to the Islamic civilization, and notably its cultural heritage expressed through the Arabic script, whether the language was Arabic, Persian, or Ottoman Turkish. Whereas American introductions and those from remoter Africa were wild plants, brought into cultivation for the first time, it was those from the Near East, and especially from Istanbul, that were coronary flowers in the strict sense: the results of ancient cultivation acquired not as botanical species but as improved varieties. Keywords: coronary flowers; Medieval Arabic world
Cardiology · Botanical Research and Chemistry · Byzantine Studies and History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Medicine
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 1999 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |