Corallium rubrum’s Itineraries and Sources

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_1084
dc.title	Corallium rubrum’s Itineraries and Sources. Trades between the Mediterranean, India, China and Japan from Antiquity to Early Modern Times
dc.contributor.author	Iannello Tiziana
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-occidentale/2017/1/itinerari-e-fonti-del-corallium-rubrum/
dc.description.abstract	Since ancient times, red coral has been one of the most appreciated original items exported from the Mediterranean to India and East Asia, along the circuits of the silk and spice trade routes. Nevertheless, due to its rarity, as well as to a paucity or a lack of records, studies seem often to neglect this product on the move from the West to the East. Focusing mostly on some accounts from antiquity to early modern times, this paper gathers information and mentions from several sort of archival, artistic, and literary sources, in order to explain why coral was appreciated, how it was acknowledged, traded and employed by different civilizations, especially in East Asia.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 51 \| September 2017
dc.issued	2017-09-28
dc.dateAccepted	2017-03-29
dc.dateSubmitted	2017-03-06
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2499-1562
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2499-1562/AnnOc-51-17-8
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	China
dc.subject	China
dc.subject	Eurasian trade
dc.subject	Eurasian trade
dc.subject	Japan
dc.subject	Japan
dc.subject	Mediterranean Sea
dc.subject	Mediterranean Sea
dc.subject	Red coral
dc.subject	Red coral

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Corallium rubrum’s Itineraries and Sources

Trades between the Mediterranean, India, China and Japan from Antiquity to Early Modern Times

Tiziana Iannello Independent scholar

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abstract

Since ancient times, red coral has been one of the most appreciated original items exported from the Mediterranean to India and East Asia, along the circuits of the silk and spice trade routes. Nevertheless, due to its rarity, as well as to a paucity or a lack of records, studies seem often to neglect this product on the move from the West to the East. Focusing mostly on some accounts from antiquity to early modern times, this paper gathers information and mentions from several sort of archival, artistic, and literary sources, in order to explain why coral was appreciated, how it was acknowledged, traded and employed by different civilizations, especially in East Asia.

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Sept. 28, 2017

Accepted

March 29, 2017

Submitted

March 6, 2017

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Keywords: China • Mediterranean Sea • Japan • Red coral • Eurasian trade

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