Tag: magi

  • 8. Frankincense in Early Modern Europe

    8. Frankincense in Early Modern Europe

    by Tiéphaine Thomason (@teaphaine) This is the first post in a three-part series for the Doing History Advent Calendar on the history of the senses and the gifts of the Magi. When first drafting this post, I had written something short about the role of frankincense and its scent in early modern churches. Just as…