Encens
L'encens (del latin incensum, participi d'incendere, alucar), es una goma resina redolenta que difusa una odor caracteristica quanb brutla.
Caracteristicas
L'encens s'obten amb quatre espècias de plantas arbustivas del genere Boswellia, sobretot la Boswellia sacra, e en mendra mesura de Boswellia serrata e Boswellia glabra. Aquelas plantas creisson dins las regions miègjornalas de la peninsula Aràbia e de la còsta de l'Africa Orientala.
La resina se comercializa jos forma de diverses gras de qualitat e de pureta. Es pas segur que lo producte utilizat actualament corresponda exactament amb la substància que s'utilizava dins l'antiquitat. Dins l'Antiquitat se pensava que l'encens veniá de l'arbre Juniperus lycia L. Foguèt una font importanta del comèrci, fins a que se crèe la rota de l'encens pel seu transpòrt.
Usatges
La goma s'obten mejans d'incisions sul tronc e ven odoranta quand de crema. S'utiliza coma perfum e en fumigacions. A tanben de propietats medicinalas.[1]
Dins l'antiquitat l'encens s'utilizava coma element pron important en rituals e cerimonias religiosas, subretot dins lo bodisme, lo cristianisme, e l'indoïsme. Dins la Bíblia lo fach que las fums s'envolen cap en naut simbolizava l'acceptacion del sacrifici. Un dels exemples mai coneguts e mai espectaculars, es lo botafumeiro de la catedrala de Santiago de Compostela.
Referéncias
Ligams extèrns
- (en)History of Frankincense (www.itmonline.org)
- (en)Chemical compounds found in Boswellia sacra (Dr. Duke's Databases)
- (en)UNESCO Frankincense Trail Dhofar Province, Oman.
- (en)Trade Between Arabia and the Empires of Rome and Asia, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- (en)Lost City of Arabia Interview with Dr. Juris Zarins, Nova, September 1996.
- (en)Frankincense and Oman, Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center.
- (en)The Indian Ocean in World History: Educational website Learn about the frankincense trade throughout history on this interactive website.
- (en)Short review of recent studies about incense as medicine now and in ancient times, Short review of recent studies about incense as medicine now and in ancient times.
- (en)Traditional Chinese medical use of frankincence
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