Things That Travelled: Mediterranean Glass in the First Millennium CE
Book information
Description
Recent research has demonstrated that, in the Roman, Late Antique, Early Islamic and Medieval worlds, glass was traded over long distances, from the Eastern Mediterranean, mainly Egypt and Israel, to Northern Africa, the Western Mediterranean and Northern Europe. 'Things that Travelled', a collaboration between the UCL Early Glass Technology Research Network, the Association for the History of Glass and the British Museum, aims to build on this knowledge. Covering all aspects of glass production, technology, distribution and trade in Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval/Early Islamic times, including studies from Britain, Egypt, Cyprus, Italy and many others, the volume combines the strengths of the sciences and cultural studies to offer a new approach to research on ancient glass. By bringing together such a varied mix of contributors, specialising in a range of geographical areas and chronological time frames, this volume also offers a valuable contribution to broader discussions on glass within political, economic, cultural and historical arenas. List of figures ix List of tables xvi List of contributors xviii 1. A special group of early Christian glass 'gems' from Greece / Anastassios Ch. Antonaras 1 2. Gold-glasses: From their origin to Late Antiquity in the Mediterranean / Giulia Cesarin 22 3. A Late Antique manganese-decolourised glass composition: Interpreting patterns and mechanisms of distribution / Anastasia Cholakova and Thilo Rehren 46 4. Glass production and consumption in Cyprus in Late Antiquity (fourth–seventh century CE) / Peter Cosyns and Andrea Ceglia 72 5. Things that travelled: Precious things for special people? / Sally Cottam and Caroline Jackson 92 6. Trading North: Glass-working beyond the edge of the empire / Mary Davis and Ian C. Freestone 107 7. Into Africa: The biography of Roman vessel glass in the Sahara Desert / Chloë N. Duckworth and David J. Mattingly 134 8. HIMT, glass composition and commodity branding in the primary glass industry / Ian C. Freestone, Patrick Degryse, James Lankton, Bernard Gratuze and J. Schneider 159 9. Consumption, working and trade of Late Antique glass from north Adriatic Italy: An archaeometric perspective / Sarah Maltoni, Filomena Gallo, Alberta Silvestri, Mariangela Vandini, Tania Chinni, Alessandra Marcante, Gianmario Molin and Enrico Cirelli 191 10. How clean is your (glass)house?: A Late Antique glass workshop at Pella in Jordan / Margaret O’Hea 215 11. Glass supply and trade in early Islamic Ramla: An investigation of the plant ash glass / Matt Phelps 236 12. A view from the South: Roman and Late Antique glass from Armant, Upper Egypt / Daniela Rosenow and Thilo Rehren 283 13. When things stopped travelling: Recycling and the glass industry in Britain from the first to fifth century CE / Victoria A. Sainsbury 324 14. Things that travelled: A review of the Roman glass from northern Adriatic Italy / Alberta Silvestri, Filomena Gallo, Sarah Maltoni, Patrick Degryse, Monica Ganio, Antonio Longinelli and Gianmario Molin 346 15. Patterns in production: The Wilshere Collection of gold-glass examined / Susan Walker, Andrew Shortland and Julian Henderson 368 Index 384
Similar books
MySQL® Notes for Professionals book
2018 · PDF
MrExcel 2022: Boosting Excel
2022 · PDF
MrExcel 2022: Boosting Excel
2022 · PDF
Session C11: Ancient Cultural Landscapes in South Europe – their Ecological Setting and Evolution, Session C22: Gardeners from South America, Session S04: Agro-Pastoralism and Early Metallurgy Sessions, Session WS29: The Idea of Enclosure in Recent Iberian Prehistory, Session C88: Rhytmes et causalites des dynamiques de l'anthropisation en Europe entre 6500 ET 500 BC: Hypotheses socio-culturelles et/ou climatiques: Proceedings of the XV UISPP World Congress (Lisbon 4-9 September 2006) / Actes du XV Congrès Mondial (Lisbonne 4-9 Septembre 2006) Vol.36
2010 · PDF
THE BRITISH ARMY IN INDIA: ITS PRESERVATION BY AN APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, HOUSING, LOCATING, RECREATIVE EMPLOYMENT, AND HOPEFUL ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE TROOPS. with AN APPENDIX ON INDIA : THE CLIMATE OP ITS HILLS ; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS RESODRCBS, INDUSTRY, AND ARTS ; THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ; THE BLACK ACT ; THE PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY ; THE TRAFFIC IN OPIUM ; THE VALUE OF INDIA ; PERMANENT CAUSES OF DISAFFECTION, AND OF THE RECENT REBELLION ; THE TRADITIONARY POLICY; MISGOVERNMENT BY NATIVE RULERS ; ANNEXATIONS OF THEIR TERRITORY, ETC.
1858 · PDF
Idries Shah 27 Books Collection : A Perfumed Scorpion, A Veiled Gazelle, Caravan of Dreams, Darkest England, Destination Mecca, Evenings with Idries Shah, Knowing How to Know, Learning How to Learn, Letters and Lectures of Idries Shah, Neglected aspects of Sufi study, Observations, Oriental Magic, Reflections, Seeker after Truth, Special Illumination, Special Problems in the study of Sufi ideas, Sufi thought and action, Tales of the Dervishes, The Dermis Probe, The Elephant in the Dark, The Englishman Handbook, Idries Shah Antology, The Magic Monastery, The natives are restless, wisdom of the Idiots PDF.
2022 · PDF
The travels of Capts. Lewis and Clarke from St. Louis, by way of the Missouri and Columbia rivers, to the Pacific ocean; performed in the years 1804, 1805 & 1806, by order of the government of the United States. Containing delineations of the manners, customs, religion, &c. of the Indians, comp. from various authentic sources, and original documents, and a summary of the Statistical view of the Indian nations, from the official communication of Meriwether Lewis. Illustrated with a map of the country, inhabited by the western tribes of Indians
1809 · PDF
Professional Linux kernel architecture ''Wrox programmer to programmer''--Cover. - ''What you are reading right now is the result of an evolution over more than seven years: After two years of writing, the first edition was published in German by Carl Hanser Verlag in 2003. It then described kernel 2.6.0. The test was used as a basis for the low-level design documentation for the EAL4+ security evaluation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, requiring to update it to kernel 2.6.18 (if the EAL acronym does not mean anything to you, then Wikipedia is once more your friend). Hewlett-Packard sponsored the translation into English and has, thankfully, granted the rights to publish the result. Updates to kernel 2.6.24 were then performed specifically for this book''--P. ix
2008 · PDF