W B Stern
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1168156 |
|---|---|
| NOME | W B Stern |
| PRENOMES | W B |
| SOBRENOME | Stern |
| ASSINATURA | STERN W B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Basel |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5459-9053 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 40 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1936 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
The Composition and Manufacture of Early Medieval Coloured Window Glass From Sion (Valais, Switzerland)—a Roman Glass‐making Tradition or Innovative Craftsmanship
Archaeological excavations between 1984 and 2001 at the early Christian cemetery church in Sion, Sous‐le‐Scex (Rhône Valley, Switzerland), brought to light more than 400 pieces of coloured window glass dating from the fifth or sixth centuries ad . The aims of this paper are threefold: first, to characterize the shape, colour and chemical composition of the glass; secondly, to understand whether the production of the coloured window panes followed…
Potassium–Calcium Glass
The chemical composition of potassium–calcium ‘wood‐ash’ glass reflects the elemental pattern of the involved non‐volatile base materials in quartz sand, wood ash and possibly potash. The essential elemental ratio K 2 O/CaO of wood ash varies between 0.2 and 0.8, and depends on the habitat and geological substratum of the wood rather than on the tree species; ratios between 1.0 and 3.0 in wood‐ash glass are only possible when potash is added as a…
X‐ray Fluorescence and Density Measurements on Surface‐treated Roman Silver Coins
Some 630 Roman silver coins excavated at Augusta Raurica (Switzerland) have been analysed by non‐destructive X‐ray fluorescence and X‐ray diffraction. Furthermore, the density and the weight have been determined. The measured average density of plated and massive depletion‐silvered coins is lower than the density calculated from the chemical composition, whereas massive coins display equal values for both of the densities. Based on experimental X…
On Non-Destructive Analysis of Gold Objects
On Some Physical Characteristics of Chinese and European Red Wares
When in the seventeenth and eighteenth century Chinese red ware from Yixing was imported into Europe, imitations of that ware, some of them delusively similar to the originals, were made in the Netherlands, Saxony, and England. With non‐destructive energy dispersive X‐ray fluorescence analysis (ED‐XFA) the Chinese and different European red wares can be easily separated by comparing the patterns of their calcium oxide, manganese oxide, and lead c…
Non‐destructive Surface Analysis of Roman Terra Sigillata
In the past, studies on the average chemical composition of a sherd vs its origin have successfully been carried out, but attempts failed to reach the same goal with spot analysis (electron microprobe) on the high gloss surface of terra sigillata. When chemical data on the average composition of the surface is used for provenance determinations, significant results are obtainable on the basis of non‐destructive energy dispersive X‐ray fluorescenc…
A New Analytical Method and Its Application to Cylinder Seals
J. M. Asher-Greve, W. B. Stern, A New Analytical Method and Its Application to Cylinder Seals, Iraq, Vol. 45, No. 1, Papers of the 29 Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, London, 5-9 July 1982 (Spring, 1983), pp. 157-162
X‐ray Fluorescence Analysis of Archaic Greek Pottery
The Treaty Background of the Italo-Ethiopian Dispute
The nineteenth century was for Ethiopia a century of inner consolidation. During that time the Ethiopian rulers step by step restored the power accredited to their dynasty which they had lost in endless feuds during the eighteenth century. On the coast the Porte claimed suzerainty over the strip down to the Strait of Bab el Mandeb and even Zeila. Turkish occupation was actual only at Massawa; from there Turkey controlled the commerce with north E…
Kelsen's Theory of International Law
Among legal philosophers, the time-honored dispute between natural-law schools and legal positivists arouses ever new interest. On the side of the positivists, the "pure theory of law" gains more and more ground. This theory is mainly represented by Professor Hans Kelsen, formerly of Vienna, now of Geneva, and by Professor Alfred von Verdross, of Vienna. In America, systematic consideration was first devoted to it by Dr. Johannes Mattern, who ana…
Potassium–Calcium Glass
The chemical composition of potassium–calcium ‘wood‐ash’ glass reflects the elemental pattern of the involved non‐volatile base materials in quartz sand, wood ash and possibly potash. The essential elemental ratio K 2 O/CaO of wood ash varies between 0.2 and 0.8, and depends on the habitat and geological substratum of the wood rather than on the tree species; ratios between 1.0 and 3.0 in wood‐ash glass are only possible when potash is added as a…
The Composition and Manufacture of Early Medieval Coloured Window Glass From Sion (Valais, Switzerland)—a Roman Glass‐making Tradition or Innovative Craftsmanship
Archaeological excavations between 1984 and 2001 at the early Christian cemetery church in Sion, Sous‐le‐Scex (Rhône Valley, Switzerland), brought to light more than 400 pieces of coloured window glass dating from the fifth or sixth centuries ad . The aims of this paper are threefold: first, to characterize the shape, colour and chemical composition of the glass; secondly, to understand whether the production of the coloured window panes followed…
X‐ray Fluorescence Analysis of Archaic Greek Pottery
X‐ray Fluorescence and Density Measurements on Surface‐treated Roman Silver Coins
Some 630 Roman silver coins excavated at Augusta Raurica (Switzerland) have been analysed by non‐destructive X‐ray fluorescence and X‐ray diffraction. Furthermore, the density and the weight have been determined. The measured average density of plated and massive depletion‐silvered coins is lower than the density calculated from the chemical composition, whereas massive coins display equal values for both of the densities. Based on experimental X…
Non‐destructive Surface Analysis of Roman Terra Sigillata
In the past, studies on the average chemical composition of a sherd vs its origin have successfully been carried out, but attempts failed to reach the same goal with spot analysis (electron microprobe) on the high gloss surface of terra sigillata. When chemical data on the average composition of the surface is used for provenance determinations, significant results are obtainable on the basis of non‐destructive energy dispersive X‐ray fluorescenc…
On Some Physical Characteristics of Chinese and European Red Wares
When in the seventeenth and eighteenth century Chinese red ware from Yixing was imported into Europe, imitations of that ware, some of them delusively similar to the originals, were made in the Netherlands, Saxony, and England. With non‐destructive energy dispersive X‐ray fluorescence analysis (ED‐XFA) the Chinese and different European red wares can be easily separated by comparing the patterns of their calcium oxide, manganese oxide, and lead c…
Kelsen's Theory of International Law
Among legal philosophers, the time-honored dispute between natural-law schools and legal positivists arouses ever new interest. On the side of the positivists, the "pure theory of law" gains more and more ground. This theory is mainly represented by Professor Hans Kelsen, formerly of Vienna, now of Geneva, and by Professor Alfred von Verdross, of Vienna. In America, systematic consideration was first devoted to it by Dr. Johannes Mattern, who ana…
The Treaty Background of the Italo-Ethiopian Dispute
The nineteenth century was for Ethiopia a century of inner consolidation. During that time the Ethiopian rulers step by step restored the power accredited to their dynasty which they had lost in endless feuds during the eighteenth century. On the coast the Porte claimed suzerainty over the strip down to the Strait of Bab el Mandeb and even Zeila. Turkish occupation was actual only at Massawa; from there Turkey controlled the commerce with north E…
The Treaty Background of the Italo-Ethiopian Dispute
The nineteenth century was for Ethiopia a century of inner consolidation. During that time the Ethiopian rulers step by step restored the power accredited to their dynasty which they had lost in endless feuds during the eighteenth century. On the coast the Porte claimed suzerainty over the strip down to the Strait of Bab el Mandeb and even Zeila. Turkish occupation was actual only at Massawa; from there Turkey controlled the commerce with north E…
Kelsen's Theory of International Law
Among legal philosophers, the time-honored dispute between natural-law schools and legal positivists arouses ever new interest. On the side of the positivists, the "pure theory of law" gains more and more ground. This theory is mainly represented by Professor Hans Kelsen, formerly of Vienna, now of Geneva, and by Professor Alfred von Verdross, of Vienna. In America, systematic consideration was first devoted to it by Dr. Johannes Mattern, who ana…
X‐ray Fluorescence Analysis of Archaic Greek Pottery
A New Analytical Method and Its Application to Cylinder Seals
J. M. Asher-Greve, W. B. Stern, A New Analytical Method and Its Application to Cylinder Seals, Iraq, Vol. 45, No. 1, Papers of the 29 Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, London, 5-9 July 1982 (Spring, 1983), pp. 157-162
Non‐destructive Surface Analysis of Roman Terra Sigillata
In the past, studies on the average chemical composition of a sherd vs its origin have successfully been carried out, but attempts failed to reach the same goal with spot analysis (electron microprobe) on the high gloss surface of terra sigillata. When chemical data on the average composition of the surface is used for provenance determinations, significant results are obtainable on the basis of non‐destructive energy dispersive X‐ray fluorescenc…
On Some Physical Characteristics of Chinese and European Red Wares
When in the seventeenth and eighteenth century Chinese red ware from Yixing was imported into Europe, imitations of that ware, some of them delusively similar to the originals, were made in the Netherlands, Saxony, and England. With non‐destructive energy dispersive X‐ray fluorescence analysis (ED‐XFA) the Chinese and different European red wares can be easily separated by comparing the patterns of their calcium oxide, manganese oxide, and lead c…
On Non-Destructive Analysis of Gold Objects
X‐ray Fluorescence and Density Measurements on Surface‐treated Roman Silver Coins
Some 630 Roman silver coins excavated at Augusta Raurica (Switzerland) have been analysed by non‐destructive X‐ray fluorescence and X‐ray diffraction. Furthermore, the density and the weight have been determined. The measured average density of plated and massive depletion‐silvered coins is lower than the density calculated from the chemical composition, whereas massive coins display equal values for both of the densities. Based on experimental X…
Potassium–Calcium Glass
The chemical composition of potassium–calcium ‘wood‐ash’ glass reflects the elemental pattern of the involved non‐volatile base materials in quartz sand, wood ash and possibly potash. The essential elemental ratio K 2 O/CaO of wood ash varies between 0.2 and 0.8, and depends on the habitat and geological substratum of the wood rather than on the tree species; ratios between 1.0 and 3.0 in wood‐ash glass are only possible when potash is added as a…
The Composition and Manufacture of Early Medieval Coloured Window Glass From Sion (Valais, Switzerland)—a Roman Glass‐making Tradition or Innovative Craftsmanship
Archaeological excavations between 1984 and 2001 at the early Christian cemetery church in Sion, Sous‐le‐Scex (Rhône Valley, Switzerland), brought to light more than 400 pieces of coloured window glass dating from the fifth or sixth centuries ad . The aims of this paper are threefold: first, to characterize the shape, colour and chemical composition of the glass; secondly, to understand whether the production of the coloured window panes followed…
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