The embalming of John of Lancaster, first Duke of Bedford (1435 AD): A forensic analysis
The embalming of John of Lancaster, first Duke of Bedford (1435 AD): A forensic analysis
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DOI：
10.1177/0025802415587318
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发表时间：
2016-04-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Dorion-Peyronnet, C.
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作者：
Charlier, P.;Poupon, J.;Dorion-Peyronnet, C.
在中世纪和文艺复兴时期，对精英的尸体进行防腐是一种常见的做法，是一种混合植物和矿物质的高度技术性处理。为了评估为尸体保留的防腐剂的确切种类（干燥和良好气味的实际必要性），我们对兰开斯特的约翰·普朗内的木乃伊遗骸进行了全面的生物医学分析，普朗内是贝德福德的第一任杜克，为他的侄子英国国王亨利六世（死于公元1435年）摄政。在这里，我们显示，在其他方面，尸体是用药剂师和植物学的物质防腐的：汞，桃金娘，薄荷，乳香，石灰，可能还有肉桂和铜。
During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, embalming the cadaver of the elite was common practice, being a highly technical treatment mixing vegetal and mineral substances. To assess the exact kind of embalming reserved for the dead body (with the practical necessities of desiccation and good odour), we performed a full biomedical analysis of the mummified remains of John Plantagenet of Lancaster, first Duke of Bedford, regent of France for his nephew, the English King Henri VI (died 1435 AD). Here, we show, among other aspects, that the body was embalmed using substances whose origins were in apothecary and botany: mercury, myrtle, mint, frankincense, lime and, possibly, cinnamon and copper.