| Titre | La garrigue, monde de l'écarlate | |
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| Auteur | Dominique Cardon | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 151-152, 1999 Autres temps, autres lieux | |
| Page | 33-42 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Scrubland, the world of scarlet -
The kermès (vermiculus in medieval Latin) parasitize the "kermès oak"; their dried bodies are used to make scarlet, the most prestigious red dye during the Middle Ages. The harvest of this dyestuff and international trade in it were so profitable that systems were set for managing scrublands in many mediterranean regions so as to favor the proliferation of this scale insect. This species and its natural environment waned and eventually disappeared as cochineal from America in the 16th century and chemical dyes more recently replaced this scarlet. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1999_num_151_1_4114 |
