Thyine wood

Thyine woodis a 15th-century English name for a wood from the tree known botanically asTetraclinis articulata(syn.Callitris quadrivalvis,Thuja articulata). The name is derived from theGreekwordthuon,"fragrant wood," or possiblythuein,“to sacrifice”, and it was so called because it was burnt in sacrifices, on account of its fragrance.^{[citation needed]}

InRome,wood from this tree was calledcitrum,"citrus wood". It was considered very valuable, and was used for making articles of furniture by the Greeks and Romans. Craftsmen who worked in citrus wood and ivory had their ownguild(collegium).^[1]

Thyine wood is mentioned in theKing James Version of the BibleatRevelation18:12 as being among the articles which would cease to be purchased whenBabylonfell. The New International Version translates the passage "citron wood"; the Amplified Bible translates it as "scented wood". This wood is also mentioned in the 1st Book of Kings, chapter 10, in a list of items brought to Solomon by the navy of Hiram.

The resin is used as the basis foreuparal,a mounting medium used inmicroscopy.

Notes

^Eborariiandcitriarii:Koenraad Verboven, "The Associative Order: Status and Ethos among Roman Businessmen in Late Republic and Early Empire,"Athenaeum95 (2007), preprint p. 21.

References

Use in microscopy

This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Easton, Matthew George(1897). "Thyine wood".Easton's Bible Dictionary(New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.

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[1] Eborariiandcitriarii:Koenraad Verboven, "The Associative Order: Status and Ethos among Roman Businessmen in Late Republic and Early Empire,"Athenaeum95 (2007), preprint p. 21.

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