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An article unravelling the mysteries of beard perfuming in a Medieval songbook

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Little is known about perfume and its uses in medieval times. This article develops understanding of a puzzling insult about a person's beard.

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This page is a summary of: ‘Sanarvos há con xarope de violas e de rosas’: Men's Beards and Doctrinal Error. The Physical and Spiritual Properties of Scents in the Cancionero de Baena, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, January 2014, Liverpool University Press,
DOI: 10.3828/bhs.2014.67.
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