| Abstrakt: |
Research on medieval European glasses with enameled decoration has continued for more than 100 years. This article summarizes the known facts on all the aspects of this group, starting with an updated distribution map. Many new finds have expanded the range of motifs in the decoration and permit us to place these glasses in the context of contemporaneous objects of applied art. In addition to examples that are clearly part of a large series, there are individual pieces and small subgroups with less common motifs. The diversity of the decoration indicates that such glasses were probably produced, not exclusively in Venice/Murano, but also elsewhere in Mediterranean countries and possibly also north of the Alps, where the majority of fragments have been found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
