Nadine Schibille
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 631877 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Nadine Schibille |
| PRENOMES | Nadine |
| SOBRENOME | Schibille |
| ASSINATURA | SCHIBILLE N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Université d'Orléans |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9242-0392 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 51 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 340 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 51 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
Multi-analytical study of the effects of secondary working and recycling in Roman glass
The impact of secondary processing and recycling on the composition and redox equilibrium in archaeological glass remains difficult to assess. This paper reports the results of a multi-analytical study of glass finds from a Roman villa in southwestern France, revealing varying mixing and recycling strategies that affected the trace element profiles, redox conditions and structural properties of the glass. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma…
Ashes to art
Multi-analytical study of 14th-century Königsfelden stained glass (Switzerland). • Combination of pXRF, LA-ICP-MS, OAS, Raman, and machine learning (GLORIA). • Predominant Central European signature with Rhenish and French contributions. • First evidence of Pb-rich green glasses in Swiss medieval stained glass. • Validates calibrated pXRF as a quantitative, non-destructive heritage tool. The chemical composition and optical properties of the stai…
The last natron glass production in middle Egypt in the 8th to 9th century CE
Despite the fact that Egypt was a major producer of glass during the first millennium CE, the primary production locations of most Egyptian glass groups remain unknown. Identification of Egyptian glass is generally based on the assumption that its chemical composition differs from Levantine glass, which is relatively well known thanks to numerous archaeological remains. No production site in Egypt has been investigated to the same extent with reg…
Broken glass on the Via Nova Traiana
Regular finds of glassware at Roman sites provide a useful dataset not just for constructing glass typologies but for the comparative analysis of base-glass compositions. Here, the authors explore the form and chemical composition of 79 glass fragments from Khirbet al-Khalde, a strategically important site in southern Jordan that was integrated into a major Roman roadway, the Via Nova Traiana, in the early second century AD. Their findings challe…
Evidence of glass bead‐making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula
Glass beads from two Islamic archaeological sites in the Tagus valley in central Spain were selected and analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS), and a subset of samples ( n = 6) was analysed for Pb isotopes by multicollector thermal ionization mass spectrometry (MC‐TIMS). The analytical and isotopic data of the beads from Ciudad de Vascos (Toledo) and Albalat (Cáceres) demonstrate beyond reasonable dou…
Blue decoration on glass Objects
High alumina plant ash (v-Na-Al) glass bangles from Siraf
Glass working and recycling in Pompeii
Forty-six glass finds, including vessel fragments, windows, one inlay and one indicator of production (moil) excavated in the dump of the Sarno Baths in Pompeii were selected for an interdisciplinary technological, typological and chemical study. The identification of the moil demonstrates that a glassblowing workshop most likely existed in Pompeii, thus putting an end to a long-standing scientific debate. The LA-ICP-MS chemical data show that Ro…
Glass from Islamic Sicily
As part of the Sicily in Transition and GlassRoutes projects glass artefacts from various medieval Sicilian sites have been analysed by LA-ICP-MS. This made it possible to collect data on the circulation of glass on the island in the Middle Ages. The comparison of the data from the coastal town of Mazara with those from the rural area of Castronovo di Sicilia allowed us to establish a continuity in the supply of fresh Levantine glass to the islan…
From the city to the countryside
The current work presents the production and distribution of glass in the Emiral period in Spain. The study of the rural areas of the central Iberian Peninsula allows to identify some forms of production in large rural towns. Through the systematic study of the Dehesa de Navalvillar, including some archaeometric analyses, we have been able to establish that in the early Emiral period glass was produced in metallurgical workshops that left traces …
Glass from Islamic Sicily
As part of the Sicily in Transition and GlassRoutes projects glass, artefacts from various medieval Sicilian sites have been analysed by LA-ICP-MS. This made it possible to collect data on the circulation of glass on the island in the Middle Ages. The comparison of the data from the coastal town of Mazara with those from the rural area of Castronovo di Sicilia allowed us to establish a continuity in the supply of fresh Levantine glass to the isla…
Renaissance Rome and the Italian Glass Connection
Italy had a prominent role in the Renaissance European glass market, thanks to three centers of production located in Venice, Tuscany, and Liguria. The substantial amount of glass finds excavated in the 16th-century a.d. dumps of the Forum of Caesar is the object of this first interdisciplinary study of glass from Renaissance Rome. The typology reveals the predominance of medical containers, followed by tableware with parallels in Tuscan producti…
Early medieval glass beads
Archaeological and chemical variability of glass beads
La verrerie islamique du viiie siècle au xiie siècle
La composition du verre aux cendres sodiques de la période islamique est relativement variable, ce qui suggère une multiplication des sites de production dans les siècles qui ont suivi la conquête islamique de la Méditerranée. La classification des groupes de production et la délimitation des zones de production se sont avérées difficiles en raison de la grande variabilité des composants : le sable et la cendre végétale qui constituait le fondant…
Comparative Investigation of Red and Orange Roman Tesserae
This study aims at the characterisation of red and orange glass tesserae from the 4th-century Roman villa of Noheda (Spain). Due to the limited number of analyses available for such ancient materials, many questions remain unanswered about the production processes in the Roman period. Six samples were chosen for their hue variations, including two samples showing banded patterns of red and orange. Differences in copper speciation were investigate…
Origins and manufacture of the glass mosaic tesserae from the great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
The Great Umayyad Mosque of Damascus built between about 706 and 714/15 CE is the oldest surviving mosque that still preserves large parts of its original architecture and decoration. The origins of the mosaic tesserae have been the subject of debate for more than a thousand years. The earliest sources written two centuries after the construction of the edifice claim a Byzantine origin of both, the material as well as the craftsmen. Here we use t…
Garnet Trade in Early Medieval Europe
The reconstruction of the trade routes along which garnets reached Europe in the early Middle Ages demonstrates the persistence of long-distance trade after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Early medieval garnet jewellery from Italy and the presence of lapidary workshops are important evidence for understanding the dynamics of this commerce but are systematically overlooked. Chemical trace-element analysis (LA-ICP-MS) of loose and inset garn…
Supply of glass to the medieval hilltop settlement of Ultrera (Eastern Pyrenees, France)
Founded in the fifth century on a granite outcrop overlooking the deep valleys of the eastern Massif des Albères and the Roussillon coast, the hilltop settlement of Ultrera/Ultrère was strategically located to dominate the lowlands. Its position on this natural boundary between the Iberian Peninsula and Central Europe raises interesting questions about its connectivity and the circulation of materials. In the early days of rural feudalism, the em…
Christian-Muslim contacts across the Mediterranean
Glass mosaic decorations were used throughout the medieval Mediterranean as a powerful medium to convey religious and political agendas, yet we know next to nothing about the source of the materials and the transmission of the necessary technical know-how. Mosaics are generally considered a Byzantine art form, not least due to their prominence in Byzantine church architecture and because medieval Islamic textual sources assert that the glass tess…
Loose glass tesserae and lost decorations
Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) analyses of loose glass tesserae from the Northwest Quarter of Gerasa/Jerash has enhanced our understanding of the dynamics regulating the production and circulation of glass tesserae in second‐ to eighth‐centuries ce Jordan and the diachronic development of mosaics at the site. The identification of Levantine and Egyptian compositions (Roman‐Mn, Levantine I, HIMT, Foy 2.1) p…
Production or Consumption? Glass Beads from the Roman Villa of Aiano, Tuscany
Excavations in the Roman villa of Aiano yielded twenty glass beads, a pendant, and a glass-recycling furnace, originally interpreted as a bead workshop. This article re-assesses the evidence of bead making in light of new data obtained thanks to recent progress in archaeological glass studies. A detailed study of the typology, technology, and chemical composition of the beads clearly excludes local production. Instead, two different forming techn…
From Glass to Glaze in al-Andalus
It has long been assumed that lead glazing technology preceded glassmaking in the Western world and that the technological transfer was from glazes to glass. Here, we present new evidence for the reverse, the indigenous innovation of glassmaking and its transfer to glazes in early Islamic al-Andalus (Spain). Compositional analyses show that Islamic lead glazes from Córdoba are intimately related to a distinct type of high-lead glass, suggesting a…
Preliminary Thermal Investigations of Calcium Antimonate Opacified White Glass Tesserae
Calcium antimonate (in the hexagonal or cubic form) dispersed in the glass matrix is an artificially synthesized phase commonly documented as opacifier for white glasses during the Roman period. Glasses of this type occasionally contain variable amounts of lead oxide. There is no consensus about the origin and role of the lead component in white glasses, whether it was functional to modify the workability of the glass and/or to help the precipita…
Comparison of pXRF and LA-ICP-MS analysis of lead-rich glass mosaic tesserae
Handheld (portable) X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (pXRF) allows for fast, in situ surface analysis, however, its application in archaeological research requires substantial optimisation. This paper investigates the matrix effects of high lead glass on the experimental results of pXRF in comparison to laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) data. 289 archaeological glass mosaic tesserae with varying lead concentra…
Glass groups, glass supply and recycling in late Roman Carthage
Carthage played an important role in maritime exchange networks during the Roman and late antique periods. One hundred ten glass fragments dating to the third to sixth centuries CE from a secondary deposit at the Yasmina Necropolis in Carthage have been analysed by electron microprobe analysis (EPMA) to characterise the supply of glass to the city. Detailed bivariate and multivariate data analysis identified different primary glass groups and rev…
Chronology of early Islamic glass compositions from Egypt
Compositional data of archaeological glasses offer an opportunity to trace the movement of materials in the ancient and medieval world. The lack of a comprehensive record of well-dated samples from Egypt, one of the major producers of glass throughout the first millennium CE, has limited the systematic application of a chronological and geographical model. Here, we report LA-ICP-MS results of Islamic glass weights and stamps from Egypt that provi…
Unravelling provenance and recycling of late antique glass from Cyprus with trace elements
Changes in glass consumption in Pergamon (Turkey) from Hellenistic to late Byzantine and Islamic times
We present compositional data for nearly 100 glass samples from Pergamon, western Turkey, spanning 1500 years from the Hellenistic to Late Byzantine and Islamic periods. The data shows the use of already-known Roman glass groups during the first half of the time frame, for imported vessels as well as locally worked glass. No compositional change is seen related to the introduction of glass blowing for either of the glass groups in use during this…
Chemical characterisation of glass mosaic tesserae from sixth-century Sagalassos (south-west Turkey)
Supply routes and the consumption of glass in first millennium CE Butrint (Albania)
Changes in the supply of eastern Mediterranean glasses to Visigothic Spain
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The trade of glass beads in early medieval Illyricum
The trade of glass beads has long been assumed to have been under Islamic dominance during the early centuries following the Arab conquest of the Middle East, judged by the prevalence of Islamic beads in the archaeological contexts from Viking Scandinavia to medieval Morocco. This paper explores the impact of the Byzantine-Slavic transition on the use and by extension trade of glass beads in the Balkans from the seventh to the ninth century CE. A…
New Data on the Soda Flux Used in the Production of Iznik Glazes and Byzantine Glasses
Previous research has shown that Iznik glazes are characterized by low potash and magnesia contents. It was therefore suggested that the flux used was either a purified plant ash or some unidentified mineral source of soda. More recently, as a result of the detection of small, but significant, amounts of boron and lithium in Byzantine glasses from western Turkey, which also exhibit low potash and magnesia contents, it has been suggested that the …
Characterization and Provenance of Late Antique Window Glass From the Petra Church in Jordan
Fifth‐ to seventh‐century window glass fragments from the Petra Church in Jordan were analysed by EPMA and spectrophotometry to characterize their optical properties and chemical composition. The objective of this study was to determine the provenance of the raw glass and the secondary production procedures of the window‐panes. Judging from the material evidence, both the crown window‐panes and possibly the rectangular samples were produced throu…
Analyses of glass tesserae from Kilise Tepe
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From Glass to Glaze in al-Andalus
It has long been assumed that lead glazing technology preceded glassmaking in the Western world and that the technological transfer was from glazes to glass. Here, we present new evidence for the reverse, the indigenous innovation of glassmaking and its transfer to glazes in early Islamic al-Andalus (Spain). Compositional analyses show that Islamic lead glazes from Córdoba are intimately related to a distinct type of high-lead glass, suggesting a…
Late Roman Glass From the ‘Great Temple’ at Petra and Khirbet Et‐tannur, Jordan—technology and Provenance
Forty‐seven window and vessel glasses from the ‘Great Temple’ at Petra (Jordan), dating to the first/second and fourth centuries ce , were analysed by EPMA for major and minor elements. A subset of 29 samples from Petra and 15 samples from Khirbet et‐Tannur were additionally analysed for trace elements, using LA–ICP–MS. Six compositional groups were identified on the basis of the presence of decolouring agents. The majority of the glasses derive …
Production or Consumption? Glass Beads from the Roman Villa of Aiano, Tuscany
Excavations in the Roman villa of Aiano yielded twenty glass beads, a pendant, and a glass-recycling furnace, originally interpreted as a bead workshop. This article re-assesses the evidence of bead making in light of new data obtained thanks to recent progress in archaeological glass studies. A detailed study of the typology, technology, and chemical composition of the beads clearly excludes local production. Instead, two different forming techn…
Garnet Trade in Early Medieval Europe
The reconstruction of the trade routes along which garnets reached Europe in the early Middle Ages demonstrates the persistence of long-distance trade after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Early medieval garnet jewellery from Italy and the presence of lapidary workshops are important evidence for understanding the dynamics of this commerce but are systematically overlooked. Chemical trace-element analysis (LA-ICP-MS) of loose and inset garn…
Comparison of pXRF and LA-ICP-MS analysis of lead-rich glass mosaic tesserae
Handheld (portable) X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (pXRF) allows for fast, in situ surface analysis, however, its application in archaeological research requires substantial optimisation. This paper investigates the matrix effects of high lead glass on the experimental results of pXRF in comparison to laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) data. 289 archaeological glass mosaic tesserae with varying lead concentra…
The Supply of Glass at Portus Ilicitanus (Alicante, Spain)
Portus Ilicitanus (Picola, Alicante) was the main sea harbour of the Roman Colonia Iulia Ilici Augusta and as such played a crucial role in the supply of fundamental commodities to the Iberian Peninsula. Excavations yielded large quantities of glass in fourth‐ and early fifth‐century contexts. Elemental analysis of 60 samples by laser ablation – inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS) confirmed that the glasses were imported fr…
Something old, something new
Naples assumed an important political and economic role within the region of Campania during the late antique period. LA-ICP-MS data of 285 glass tesserae from the catacomb of San Gennaro in Naples confirm that the surge in building activities in the late fourth and early fifth century CE was accompanied by imports of new materials for the production of mosaic tesserae. Our results from Naples identify a substantial number of Jalame-like Levantin…
Origins and manufacture of the glass mosaic tesserae from the great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
The Great Umayyad Mosque of Damascus built between about 706 and 714/15 CE is the oldest surviving mosque that still preserves large parts of its original architecture and decoration. The origins of the mosaic tesserae have been the subject of debate for more than a thousand years. The earliest sources written two centuries after the construction of the edifice claim a Byzantine origin of both, the material as well as the craftsmen. Here we use t…
Christian-Muslim contacts across the Mediterranean
Glass mosaic decorations were used throughout the medieval Mediterranean as a powerful medium to convey religious and political agendas, yet we know next to nothing about the source of the materials and the transmission of the necessary technical know-how. Mosaics are generally considered a Byzantine art form, not least due to their prominence in Byzantine church architecture and because medieval Islamic textual sources assert that the glass tess…
Loose glass tesserae and lost decorations
Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) analyses of loose glass tesserae from the Northwest Quarter of Gerasa/Jerash has enhanced our understanding of the dynamics regulating the production and circulation of glass tesserae in second‐ to eighth‐centuries ce Jordan and the diachronic development of mosaics at the site. The identification of Levantine and Egyptian compositions (Roman‐Mn, Levantine I, HIMT, Foy 2.1) p…
Commercial and Social Significance of Glass Beads in Migration‐period Italy
Migration‐period glass beads from Italy are an overlooked source of evidence. This investigation discusses the provenance, economic value and social significance of glass beads from the cemetery of Campo Marchione, northern Italy ( c. 570 to the end of the seventh century AD). The different chemical compositions and specific forming technologies have identified European, Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Asian specimens. The wider contextualization of t…
A Byzantine connection
The transition from the Roman natron-based glass industry to the medieval ash-based tradition in Italy in the latter part of the first millennium CE is still poorly documented. The compositional data of eighteen glass fragments excavated from the Byzantine praetorium in Bari suggest that the development in the southern part of the Peninsula differs from that in the north. Analyses by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA…
Glass working and recycling in Pompeii
Forty-six glass finds, including vessel fragments, windows, one inlay and one indicator of production (moil) excavated in the dump of the Sarno Baths in Pompeii were selected for an interdisciplinary technological, typological and chemical study. The identification of the moil demonstrates that a glassblowing workshop most likely existed in Pompeii, thus putting an end to a long-standing scientific debate. The LA-ICP-MS chemical data show that Ro…
Comparative Investigation of Red and Orange Roman Tesserae
This study aims at the characterisation of red and orange glass tesserae from the 4th-century Roman villa of Noheda (Spain). Due to the limited number of analyses available for such ancient materials, many questions remain unanswered about the production processes in the Roman period. Six samples were chosen for their hue variations, including two samples showing banded patterns of red and orange. Differences in copper speciation were investigate…
Nineteenth‐ and Twentieth‐century Appropriation of Byzantine Art by Robert S. Nelson
Characterization and Provenance of Late Antique Window Glass From the Petra Church in Jordan
Fifth‐ to seventh‐century window glass fragments from the Petra Church in Jordan were analysed by EPMA and spectrophotometry to characterize their optical properties and chemical composition. The objective of this study was to determine the provenance of the raw glass and the secondary production procedures of the window‐panes. Judging from the material evidence, both the crown window‐panes and possibly the rectangular samples were produced throu…
Astronomical and Optical Principles in the Architecture of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
ArgumentTextual and material evidence suggests that early Byzantine architects, known asmechanikoi, were comprehensively educated in the mathematical sciences according to contemporary standards. This paper explores the significance of the astronomical and optical sciences for the working methods of the twomechanikoiof Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Anthemios of Tralles and Isidoros of Miletus. It argues that one major concern in the sixth-centu…
Supply routes and the consumption of glass in first millennium CE Butrint (Albania)
Chemical characterisation of glass mosaic tesserae from sixth-century Sagalassos (south-west Turkey)
Late Roman Glass From the ‘Great Temple’ at Petra and Khirbet Et‐tannur, Jordan—technology and Provenance
Forty‐seven window and vessel glasses from the ‘Great Temple’ at Petra (Jordan), dating to the first/second and fourth centuries ce , were analysed by EPMA for major and minor elements. A subset of 29 samples from Petra and 15 samples from Khirbet et‐Tannur were additionally analysed for trace elements, using LA–ICP–MS. Six compositional groups were identified on the basis of the presence of decolouring agents. The majority of the glasses derive …
Gold Glass Tesserae Said to Be From the Roman Villa Site at Southwick, West Sussex
This paper seeks to characterise through elemental analysis some unusual gold glass tesserae said to have been found at a Roman villa site in Southwick, West Sussex. The site is no longer accessible, being underneath a Methodist chapel, but it has been excavated, to some extent, on several occasions. Glass tesserae are not common in a British setting but they are by no means unusual in Roman mosaics. Gold glass tesserae, however, in which gold le…
Changes in glass consumption in Pergamon (Turkey) from Hellenistic to late Byzantine and Islamic times
We present compositional data for nearly 100 glass samples from Pergamon, western Turkey, spanning 1500 years from the Hellenistic to Late Byzantine and Islamic periods. The data shows the use of already-known Roman glass groups during the first half of the time frame, for imported vessels as well as locally worked glass. No compositional change is seen related to the introduction of glass blowing for either of the glass groups in use during this…
New Data on the Soda Flux Used in the Production of Iznik Glazes and Byzantine Glasses
Previous research has shown that Iznik glazes are characterized by low potash and magnesia contents. It was therefore suggested that the flux used was either a purified plant ash or some unidentified mineral source of soda. More recently, as a result of the detection of small, but significant, amounts of boron and lithium in Byzantine glasses from western Turkey, which also exhibit low potash and magnesia contents, it has been suggested that the …
Analyses of glass tesserae from Kilise Tepe
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Spectacles of Beauty
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Glass groups, glass supply and recycling in late Roman Carthage
Carthage played an important role in maritime exchange networks during the Roman and late antique periods. One hundred ten glass fragments dating to the third to sixth centuries CE from a secondary deposit at the Yasmina Necropolis in Carthage have been analysed by electron microprobe analysis (EPMA) to characterise the supply of glass to the city. Detailed bivariate and multivariate data analysis identified different primary glass groups and rev…
Dating the mosaics of the Durres amphitheatre through interdisciplinary analysis
This article presents the results of an interdisciplinary investigation of the mosaics in the main chapel of the Durres amphitheatre, the interpretation and chronological attribution of which have been the subject of debate. Art historical considerations about the mosaic's cultural and artistic affiliations are combined with in situ assessments of the mosaic techniques and physico-chemical analyses of 111 glass tesserae by means of scanning elect…
Changes in the Signature of Cobalt Colorants in Late Antique and Early Islamic Glass Production
Prior to the eighteenth century, cobalt was exclusively employed as a colouring agent for vitreous materials, and its use appears to be concurrent with the earliest large-scale production of glass during the Late Bronze Age (LBA). LBA cobalt deposits with a distinctive elemental signature have been identified in the oases of the western Egyptian desert, while cobalt mines in Kashan (Iran) and in the Erzgebirge (Germany) are known to have been exp…
Los primeros vidrios de al-Andalus
Se presentan por primera vez para la Península Ibérica los resultados del análisis químico de dos objetos de vidrio de cronología emiral temprana procedentes del yacimiento de Cabezo Pardo (San Isidro, Alicante). El examen por LA-ICP-MS de su composición indica que se trata de vidrios sódico-cálcicos fabricados con natrón como fundente. Sus características permiten encuadrarlos en dos de los grupos más difundidos en la antigüedad tardía: HIMT y F…
Something old, something new
Naples assumed an important political and economic role within the region of Campania during the late antique period. LA-ICP-MS data of 285 glass tesserae from the catacomb of San Gennaro in Naples confirm that the surge in building activities in the late fourth and early fifth century CE was accompanied by imports of new materials for the production of mosaic tesserae. Our results from Naples identify a substantial number of Jalame-like Levantin…
Islamic soda-ash glasses in the Christian kingdoms of Asturias and León (Spain)
The castle of Gauzón on the north coast of Spain controlled access to the Avilés estuary and was intimately linked to the Asturian monarchy. With the intention of studying the medieval glass trade networks in the kingdom of Asturias and León, the chemical composition of twenty-four glass samples from recent excavations at the castle were determined by LA-ICP-MS. The analytical results identified two distinct types of soda-rich plant ash glasses, …
Streams across the Silk Roads? The case of Islamic glass from Ghazni
This paper presents data obtained by a combined chrono-typological and archaeometric study carried out on an assemblage of glassware and bracelets unearthed at the Ghaznavid Palace of Ghazni, Afghanistan. Pulsating trade and cultural centre located along the Silk Roads, the site of Ghazni has yielded evidence of an uninterrupted archaeological sequence, with settlement continuity spanning from pre-Islamic (2nd–9th/10th CE) to Islamic periods (end…
Changes in the supply of eastern Mediterranean glasses to Visigothic Spain
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Chronology of early Islamic glass compositions from Egypt
Compositional data of archaeological glasses offer an opportunity to trace the movement of materials in the ancient and medieval world. The lack of a comprehensive record of well-dated samples from Egypt, one of the major producers of glass throughout the first millennium CE, has limited the systematic application of a chronological and geographical model. Here, we report LA-ICP-MS results of Islamic glass weights and stamps from Egypt that provi…
Ken Dark & Jan Kostenec. 2019. Hagia Sophia in context
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The Supply of Glass at Portus Ilicitanus (Alicante, Spain)
Portus Ilicitanus (Picola, Alicante) was the main sea harbour of the Roman Colonia Iulia Ilici Augusta and as such played a crucial role in the supply of fundamental commodities to the Iberian Peninsula. Excavations yielded large quantities of glass in fourth‐ and early fifth‐century contexts. Elemental analysis of 60 samples by laser ablation – inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS) confirmed that the glasses were imported fr…
Unravelling provenance and recycling of late antique glass from Cyprus with trace elements
The trade of glass beads in early medieval Illyricum
The trade of glass beads has long been assumed to have been under Islamic dominance during the early centuries following the Arab conquest of the Middle East, judged by the prevalence of Islamic beads in the archaeological contexts from Viking Scandinavia to medieval Morocco. This paper explores the impact of the Byzantine-Slavic transition on the use and by extension trade of glass beads in the Balkans from the seventh to the ninth century CE. A…
A Byzantine connection
The transition from the Roman natron-based glass industry to the medieval ash-based tradition in Italy in the latter part of the first millennium CE is still poorly documented. The compositional data of eighteen glass fragments excavated from the Byzantine praetorium in Bari suggest that the development in the southern part of the Peninsula differs from that in the north. Analyses by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA…
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