This new publication brings together a range of leading scholars from around the world to discuss the most recent research in the field of Byzantine glass and mosaics in an interdisciplinary context - ranging from art history to physics and Byzantine studies.聽
New Light on Old Glass聽explores how mosaics are perhaps the most outstanding examples of Byzantine art which survive; revealing changing aesthetics and issues surrounding the technical production of glass in medieval artistic practices.
This is the first time that so many diverse papers, ranging from art history, archaeology, chemistry, physics and Byzantine studies have been assembled in one volume.
The book is the culmination of a five-year research programme on the Composition of Byzantine Glass Mosaic Tesserae, conducted by the 国产内射 in conjunction with the British Museum and sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust.
The Editors
Chris Entwistle is curator of the Late Roman and Byzantine collections at the British Museum.
Liz James is professor of Art History at the 国产内射.
Contents
1. 鈥楪lass Mosaic Tesserae from the 5th to the 6th Century Baptistry of San Giovanni alle Fonti, Milan, Italy鈥�, Elizabeth Neri, Marco Verit脿 and Alberto Conventi
2. 鈥楪lass Tesserae from the Petra Church鈥�, Fatma Marii
3. 鈥楽tudies in Middle Byzantine Glass Mosaics from Amorium鈥�, Hanna Witte
4. 鈥楳osaic Tesserae from the Basilica of San Severo and Glass Production in Classe, Ravenna, Italy鈥�, Cesare Fiori
5. 鈥楾he Observation and Conservation of Mosaics in Ravenna in the 5th and 6th Centuries鈥� Cetty Muscolino
6. 鈥楢 Quest for Wisdom鈥�, Nadine Schibille
7. 鈥楳osaics and Materials鈥�, Claudia Tedeschi
8. 鈥楢 Study of Glass Tesserae from Mosaics in the Monestareis of Daphni and Hosios Loukas鈥�, Rossella Arletti
9. 鈥楴otes on the Morphology of the Gold Glass Tesserae from Daphni Monestary鈥�, Polytimi Loukopoulou and Antonia Moropoulou
10. 鈥楪lass Producers in the Late Antique and Byzantine Texts and Papyri鈥�, E. Marianne Stern
11. 鈥極n the Manufacture of Diatreta and Cage Cups from the Pharos Beaker to the Lycurgus Cup鈥�, Rosemarie Lierke
12. 鈥楾he Lycurgus Cup鈥�, Ja艣 Elsner
13. 鈥楳aking Late Antique Gold Glass鈥�, Daniel Thomas Howells 14. 鈥楪old Glass in Late Antiquity鈥�, Andrew Meek
15. 鈥楲ate Antique Glass Pendants in the British Museum鈥�, Chris Entwistle and Paul Corby Finnery (With an appendix by Philip Fletcher)
16. 鈥楢 Scientific Study of Late Antique Glass Pendants in the British Museum鈥�, Stepan R枚hrs, Andrew Meek and Chris Entwistle
17. 鈥楾he Production and Uses of Late Antique Glass in Byzantine Thessaloniki鈥�, Anastassios Antonaras
18. 鈥楾o Beautify Small Things鈥�, Ann Terry
19. 'Experiencing the Light鈥� , Claire Nesbitt
20. 鈥楴ew Light on the 鈥淏right Ages鈥� 鈥�, Claudine Bolgia
21. 鈥楾he Absence of Glass鈥� , Maria Vassilaki
22. 鈥楤orders of Experimentalism, Francesca Dell鈥� Acqua
23. 鈥榁iewing the Mosaics of the Monasteries of Hosios Loukas, Daphni and the Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello 鈥�, Robin Cormack
24. 'The Abbot Philotheos, Founder of the Katholikon of Hosios Loukas鈥�, Nano Chatzidakis
25. 鈥楻ecording Byzantine Mosaics in 19th 鈥揷entury Greece鈥�, Dimitra Kotoula (With a contribution from Amalia G. Kakissis
26. 鈥楾he Christ Head at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Apse in the Bode Museum, Berlin, and Other Fake Mosaics鈥�, Irina Andreescu - Treadgold
27. 鈥楢lexandria on the Barada鈥�, Judith S. McKenzie
28. 鈥楳osaics by Numbers, Liz James, Em玫ke Soproni and Bente Bj酶rnholt
29. 鈥楨arly Islamic and Byzantine Silver Stain鈥�, Lisa Pilosi and David Whitehouse
30. 鈥榁ictorian or Justinianic? Painter or Practitioner? In Situ or Reverse?鈥� Paul Bentley
