The Divine Pomegranate
On the genealogy of pomegranate and fruit
- Stepanyan-Gandilyan, N. (2007). ‘Armenian wild pomegranate: a rare and relic fruit. Bioversity International’. Newsletter for Europe. 34. 6. [Accessed 17 December 2019].
- Chandra et al. (2010). Origin, History and Domestication of Pomegranate. Fruit, Vegetable and Cereal Science and Biotechnology. 4. 1–6. [Accessed 17 December 2019]
Ancient Greek texts on pomegranate
- Theophrastus. “Enquiry into Plants”. Loeb Classical Library 70. Volume I: Books 1–5. Available at https://www.loebclassics.com/view/theophrastus-enquiry_plants/1916/pb_LCL070.3.xml
- Dioscorides. “De Materia Medica”. Internet Archive Available at https://archive.org/stream/de-materia-medica/scribd-download.com_dioscorides-de-materia-medica_djvu.txt
Pomegranate symbolism in world poetry
- “The Laughter of Pomegranates” poem by Rumi. Garland Mag 2016. Available at https://garlandmag.com/threads/the-laughter-of-pomegranates/
- Harper, D. “Flowers in T’ang Poetry: Pomegranate, Sea Pomegranate, and Mountain Pomegranate.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 106, no. 1 (1986): 139–53. doi:10.2307/602368. [Accessed 17 December 2019]
Pomegranate symbolism in Early Modern European History
- “Apothecaries”. Brought to Life: Exploring the History of Medicine. The Science Museum. Available at http://broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/people/apothecaries
- “All hail the Pomegranate, official symbol of Granada”. The Lecrin Valley. Available at https://thelecrinvalley.org/2012/10/15/all-hail-the-pomegranate-official-symbol-of-granada/
- Hartlib, S. (1662). “A Designe for plentie, by an universall planting of fruit-trees: tendred by some wel-wishers to the publick.” Available at http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A87187.0001.001
- Campbell, S. (2005) A History of Kitchen Gardening. Francis Lincoln Ltd.
- Uglow, J. (2004) Little History of British Gardening. Pimlico
- “Tradescants”. Garden Museum. Available at https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/the-museum/history/tradescants/
