Description of the Frankincense Tree, as Found near Cape Guardufoi, on the Somauli Coast, by Captain C.
The frankincense assumes the most singular aspect, from the fact of its invariably growing from the bare and smooth sides of the white marble rocks of which these bills are composed, without any soil whatever to nourish it.
Ascending 1000 feet, a wide plain presents itself, bounded on every side by precipitous mountains studded with the frankincense and gum acacia trees, but looking bare and naked from the total absence of underwood.
Myrrh and frankincense are also produced in great quantities, and are employed in religious ceremonies, burnt sacrifices of incense being made to the guardian genius.
On the plain visited the frankincense is nowhere to be found resting upon the ground, or upon any sort of soil, and the purer the marble to which it adheres the finer the growth of the tree.
The narrow coastal strip seems to be moderately fertile, and the hills which in places come down to the seashore are covered with trees, among which the frankincense and other gum-bearing trees are found.
The Gara coast was visited by the Bents, who went inland from Dhafar, one of the centres of the old frankincense trade, to the crest of the plateau.
Meyer (from whom I freely quote), the foundation of Gaza is most probably associated with the Minæans in their development of the frankincense trade.
The wealth of the Minæan kingdom was derived chiefly from the transportation of frankincense and other spices from the East, and from Southern Arabia, which the caravans carried through the desert to Gaza.
Gaza was the chief centre of the frankincense trade.
One thousand talents' weight of frankincense was brought every year to Darius, the Persian king, as tribute from Arabia.
At any rate we are quite sure that the frankincense they brought came from Arabia.
Frankincense and myrrh were also carried across Arabia by the caravans, and both of these precious gums came from Arabia itself and are still found there.
And when they had opened their treasures they presented unto Him gifts; gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Minervalis’ frankincense Collyrium for attacks of Ophthalmy; to be used with an egg.
After breakfast they had water to wash themselves, while their apartments were perfumed with frankincense and lime-juice.
The accounts connected with the trade in frankincense in Theophrastus († 287 B.
Arabic frankincense exported by way of Gaza seem only to have been levied at Gaza on the coast.
She threw more frankincense upon the chafing dish, until the room was full of smoke, and then chanted.
Amine then threw frankincense and coriander seed into the chafing dish, which threw out a strong aromatic smoke; and desiring Pedro to sit down by her on a small stool, she took the boy's right hand and held it in her own.
Here they again took in water and provisions, proceeding along the Arabian coast to Kane, a port of considerable trade, where some of the merchandise was exchanged for frankincense and aloes.
The beloved remains were embalmed with the frankincense and myrrh brought from Ujjayani, and wrapped in the precious calico and muslin.
And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as thefrankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm.
As a bright fire, and frankincense burning in the fire.
And as the rainbow giving light in bright clouds, and as the flower of roses in the days of the spring, and as the lilies that are on the brink of the water, and as the sweet smelling frankincense in the time of summer.
And bless before Thou makest end Both me and mine in sorrow and pride, Where frankincense and prayer ascend And kneeling lilies whisper and bend At Jesu-Mass and Vespertide.
And out of every land they shall bring frankincense and gifts to the house of the great God.
His province of Edom adjoined her own possessions; his ports on the Gulf of Aqaba were open to her merchants, and the frankincense which grew in her dominions was needed for the temple at Jerusalem.
From time immemorial Egypt had imported frankincense from the southern coasts of the Arabian peninsula, and the precious spices had been carried by merchants to the far north.
Though frankincense the deities require, We must not give all to the hallowed fire.
Gold serves for tribute to the king, The frankincense for God's off'ring.
He shall not put oil upon it, nor put any frankincense thereon, because it is for sin.
The priest shall take a handful of the flour that is tempered with oil, and all the frankincense that is put upon the flour: and he shall burn on the altar for a memorial of most sweet odour to the Lord.
Mr Redwood says that a "better-looking plaster is produced by melting thefrankincense and dragon's blood together, and straining them through a cloth, then mixing these with the lead plaster previously melted.
VI And the sun and the wind they told me there How goodly a load the three ships bear, For the first is gold and the second is myrrh On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; And the third is frankincense most rare On Christmas Day in the morning.
Then, with crimson gems aflame Through the door the three kings came, And the black Ethiop unrolled The richly broidered cloth of gold, And pourèd forth before thee there Gold and frankincense and myrrh!
Myrrh and frankincense are aromatic resins derived from plants indigenous to eastern lands, and they have been used from very early times in medicine and in the preparation of perfumes and incense mixtures.
Some have supposed a half-hidden symbolism therein--gold a tribute to His royal estate, frankincense an offering in recognition of His priesthood, and myrrh for His burial.
Myrrh and Frankincense were reckoned by the Eastern nations amongst their most costly perfumes.
The common frankincense is softer, more resinous, and possesses less value than the former.
And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
Three holy gifts be likewise given by thee To Christ, even such as acceptable be For myrrha tears; for frankincense impart Submissive prayers; for pure gold a pure heart.
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