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Chemical Characterization of Roman Glass Vessels, Enamels and Tesserae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Julian Henderson
Julian Henderson*
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, 6 Keble Road, Oxford, OXI 3QJ, U.K.
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Abstract

Chemical characterization of Roman glass vessels, enamels and tesserae has revealed compositional relationships between enamels and tesserae including the use of high magnesia red and orange glass, normally considered to have gone out of use hundreds of years earlier. The conservative use of glass recipes over a 300 year period is reflected in the compositions; the results of mass-production versus more restricted production are discussed.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 185: Symposium G – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology II , 1990 , 601
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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