. A dictionary of the Bible .. . e cypros-plant,yet their accounts are on the whole sufficientlyexact to enable us to refer it to the Arabic authors Avicenna and Serapion alsoidentify their henna with the cypros of Dioscoridesand Galen (Royle in Kittos Bihl. Gycl. art. Kopher). The Kvirpos, says Spieugel {Comment, onDioscor. i. 124), is the Lawsonia alba, Lam., * From 1Q3> oftZemt: Quia mulieres in oriente unguesSo 3oblinunt (Simon. Lex. s. v.). Cf. Arabic ^C -?-^ ^^ the Syrlac j;_2CLO, The Greek KuTrpo? is the sameword as the Heljrew. b The Hob. IS3 also denotes redemption,
. A dictionary of the Bible .. . e cypros-plant,yet their accounts are on the whole sufficientlyexact to enable us to refer it to the Arabic authors Avicenna and Serapion alsoidentify their henna with the cypros of Dioscoridesand Galen (Royle in Kittos Bihl. Gycl. art. Kopher). The Kvirpos, says Spieugel {Comment, onDioscor. i. 124), is the Lawsonia alba, Lam., * From 1Q3> oftZemt: Quia mulieres in oriente unguesSo 3oblinunt (Simon. Lex. s. v.). Cf. Arabic ^C -?-^ ^^ the Syrlac j;_2CLO, The Greek KuTrpo? is the sameword as the Heljrew. b The Hob. IS3 also denotes redemption, expia-tion; whence some of the Hebrew doctors, by dividingtSKX li^e found out the mystery of the Messiah, 133 73 CN. the man that propitiates all things(Patricks Commentary). CAMPHIRE which includes the L. inei-mis and spinosa, Linu. ;it is the Gopher of the Hebrews and the Henna ofthe Arabs, a plant of great note throughout theEast to this day, both on account of its fragi-anccand of the dye which its leaves yitM for the hawsonia alba. Ill a note Sprengel adds that the inhabitants ofMubia call tlie henna-plant Khofreh ; he refers toDelisle [Flor. Aeijyp. p. 12). Hasselquist {, Lond. 176G), speaking of this plant, says theleaves are pulverised and made into a paste withwater; the Egyptians bind this paste on the nails oftheir hands and feet, and keep it on all night: thisgives them a deep yellow [red?], which is greatlyadmired by Eastern nations. The colour lasts forthree or tour weeks before there is occasion torenew it. The custom is so ancient in Egypt thatI have seen the nails of the mummies dyed in thismanner. Sonnini (Voyage, i. p. 297) says thewomen are fond of decorating themselves with theflowers of the henna-plant; that they take themin their hand and perfume their bosoms withthem. Compare with this Cant. i. 13; see alsoMariti {Trav. i. p. 29), Prosper Alpinus [Be c. 13), Pliny [N. H. xii. 24), who saysthat a good kind grows near Ascalon,
Size: 1436px × 1740px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, bookiddictiona, booksubjectbible
