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This beautiful necklace, which captures the beauty of the herbs distinctive four-petaled flowers, is based on black mustard plants cultivated in the gardens at The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum devoted to the art and architecture of...
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This beautiful necklace, which captures the beauty of the herbs distinctive four-petaled flowers, is based on black mustard plants cultivated in the gardens at The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum devoted to the art and architecture of the Middle Ages. Native to the Mediterranean, mustard was introduced into northern Europe by the Romans, who distinguished two kinds: white (Sinapis alba) and black (Brassica nigra). Both species were used as condiments and medicinals, although black mustard is the stronger of the two. The Roman natural historian Pliny, recognized as an authority on herbal medicine throughout the Middle Ages, recommended mustard as a stimulant, to clear the sinuses and the eyesight, help bruises and stiffness, warm chilled parts of the body, and as an antidote to counteract poisonous mushrooms. According to the Herbarius Latinus, a 15th-century herbal reference guide, mustard is warm and dry in the fourth degreethat is, as warm and dry as a plant may be.... See less
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New - Cloisters Mustard Herb Drop Earrings 09-073735 Member Price: $36.00 Non-Member Price: $40.00 New - Cloisters Mustard Herb Pendant 09-073750 Member Price: $36.00 Non-Member Price: $40.00 New - Cloisters Mustard Herb Earrings 09-073768 Member Price: $27.00 Non-Member Price: $30.00