Le coton, sa culture et son utilisation selon les sources arabes médiévales

Technical literature of the Arab medieval sources indicates a slow but continuous progression of cotton from the Iranian region towards the West, with significant regional variations. Most of the terms used to describe the plant and its products are borrowed from Pahlavi and integrated very early in...

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Main Author: Jean-Charles Ducène
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Language:English
Published: Laboratoire Éco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie 2019-06-01
Series:Revue d'ethnoécologie
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/4098
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description Technical literature of the Arab medieval sources indicates a slow but continuous progression of cotton from the Iranian region towards the West, with significant regional variations. Most of the terms used to describe the plant and its products are borrowed from Pahlavi and integrated very early in the Arabic language, which indicates the long history of the adoption of the fibre. From the 10th century onwards, botanical and agronomic works record the spread of the product towards the West and the singularisation of the professions linked to cotton, whether for the treatment of the fibre or the sale of the product.
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spelling doaj-art-b8e10efb85824849ab67d2feb40ade932025-02-05T16:24:50ZengLaboratoire Éco-anthropologie et EthnobiologieRevue d'ethnoécologie2267-24192019-06-011510.4000/ethnoecologie.4098Le coton, sa culture et son utilisation selon les sources arabes médiévalesJean-Charles DucèneTechnical literature of the Arab medieval sources indicates a slow but continuous progression of cotton from the Iranian region towards the West, with significant regional variations. Most of the terms used to describe the plant and its products are borrowed from Pahlavi and integrated very early in the Arabic language, which indicates the long history of the adoption of the fibre. From the 10th century onwards, botanical and agronomic works record the spread of the product towards the West and the singularisation of the professions linked to cotton, whether for the treatment of the fibre or the sale of the product.https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/4098Middle AgesliteraturelexicographyIslam
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Le coton, sa culture et son utilisation selon les sources arabes médiévales
Revue d'ethnoécologie
Middle Ages
literature
lexicography
Islam
title Le coton, sa culture et son utilisation selon les sources arabes médiévales
title_full Le coton, sa culture et son utilisation selon les sources arabes médiévales
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title_short Le coton, sa culture et son utilisation selon les sources arabes médiévales
title_sort le coton sa culture et son utilisation selon les sources arabes medievales
topic Middle Ages
literature
lexicography
Islam
url https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/4098
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