| Autor: |
Cottam, S., Jackson, C.M. |
| Přispěvatelé: |
Rosenow, D., Phelps, M., Meek, A., Freestone, I. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Popis: |
Over the last 20 years, considerable progress has been made in identifying the origins of the materials used to produce Roman glass and the \ud location of the primary furnaces where raw glass was made. Testimony \ud to the movement of unworked glass around the Mediterranean is \ud known from shipwreck cargoes and the final links in the production \ud chain, the secondary vessel-forming furnaces, are also increasingly well \ud documented.\ud \ud But exactly how these glass journeys were structured and the networks of trade and exchange in raw glass in the Roman period remain \ud unclear. The contemporary literary references on the subject are sketchy \ud and the archaeological evidence is tantalising and open to wide-ranging \ud interpretations.\ud \ud Within the early Imperial glass vessel repertoire, emerald green \ud vessels form an unusual compositional and typological group. Unlike \ud most of the glass of the late Hellenistic and Roman period, emerald \ud green glass was produced with the addition of plant ashes. Examination \ud of the range of forms produced in this relatively short-lived colour also \ud reveals distinct trends and surprising omissions. This chapter illustrates \ud how the focused examination of this single glass colour and of the specific vessel types it was used to produce can begin to clarify some of the \ud essential questions concerning the organisation of the early Imperial \ud glass industry. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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