Honey

Honey, a sweet watery liquid due to its high sugar content, which is collected in the colonies of honeybees, has been serving as food and medicine for millennia.

O mel, líquido aquoso doce devido ao elevado teor de açúcares, recolhido nas colónias de abelhas melíferas, tem servido desde há milénios de alimento e medicamento.

Heinrich Retig (1859-1921)-'children with a honey pot'-watercolor on paper down on cardboard

Anonymous (15th century)-'honey'-miniature   Paris-BNF (Tacuinum sanitatis nal 1673)

Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)-'Jupiter as a child nourished by the goat of Amalthea'-oil on canvas-1638   Berlin-Gemäldegalerie

Piero di Cosimo (1462-1521)-'the discovery of honey by Bacchus'-oil on panel-ca 1499   Worchester-Art Museum

Albert Dürer (1471-1528)-'Cupid the honey thief'-watercolor   Wien-Kunsthistoriches Museum

Abelhas e recolha de mel (bees and collecting honey)

As abelhas associadas a figuras de outros animais ou de seres humanos, mostra Lya R. Dams (1978), aparecem em pinturas encontradas em vários locais arqueológicos do Levante Espanhol. Indica E. Ebling (Reallexikon) que Asmas-res-ha-ussur terá sido o introdutor da criação de abelhas em Babilónia. O autor de Historia Augusta informa que enxames de abelhas cobriam a estátua de Antonino Pio a anunciar a sua elevação a Imperador Romano. As abelhas constam de moedas grega e fenícias (II aC). O mel surge no Exodo (III, 89). Está representado num mosaico da casa de Dioniso em Paphos.

Bees associated with figures of other animals or humans, shows Lya R. Dams (1978), appear in paintings found in various archaeological sites of the Spanish Levante. Indicates E. Ebling (Reallexikon) that asthmas-res-ha-Ussuri have been the introducer of beekeeping in Babylon. The author of Historia Augusta reports that swarms of bees covered the statue of Antoninus Pius to announce his elevation to the Roman Emperor. Bees set of Greek and Phoenician coins (BC). The honey comes in Exodus (III, 89). It is represented in a mosaic of the House of Dionysus in Paphos.

Unknown-' collecting honey' Bicorp (Valencia)-Cueva de la Araña (rock painting)

Unknown-'bees-beekepers' Roma-Biblioteca Casanatense (Tacuinum Sanitatis, Ms 4182, folio 27, 15th century)

Maître des Vitae Imperactorum (active 1430-1450)-'bees-beekepers'-miniature Oxford-Bodleian Library (Virgil; Bucolics-Ms Rawlinson G 98,folio 49v 15th century)

Jean Bourdichon-'bees-beekepers-Louis XII armour'-miniature Paris-BNF (Jean Marot; Voyage de Gênes, Tours 1508-Ms Français 5091, folio 15v)

Unknown-'bees-beekepers' Jean de Cuba; Hortus Sanitatis (ch. 12), Strasbourg (1500)