Publication
Title
Study of medieval glass fragments from Savona (Italy) and their relation with the glass produced in Altare
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Abstract
Altare was in the medieval and post-medieval period an important glassmaking center in the Liguria region in Northern Italy. The first historical evidence of glassmaking in Altare is dated to the twelfth century. In spite of that, due to the continuity of glassmaking up to the present time and the contemporaneous intensive urbanization of the territory, no medieval glass from Altare or its immediate vicinity has been analyzed up to now. In this work, glass from archaeological excavations in the center of Savona, city with close ties with the glassmaking center, was studied. Glass fragments, dated from the tenth to the sixteenth century were selected from the collections of the Archaeological Museum in Savona and non-destructively analyzed with quantitative PIXE-PIGE. The resulting compositions, compared with known glass productions of the same time and evaluated on the basis of historical documents, offer an interesting panorama on the variety of glass circulation in Liguria. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of archaeological science. - London
Publication
London : 2012
ISSN
0305-4403
DOI
10.1016/J.JAS.2012.03.013
Volume/pages
39 :7 (2012) , p. 2191-2197
ISI
000305849400027
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Structure analysis of hard and soft condensed matter using synchrotron radiation (ESRF-DUBBLE).
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 03.08.2012
Last edited 04.03.2024
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