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.Â
New Light on Old Glass 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 Âé¶čÓł» 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 Âé¶čÓł».
Contents
1. âGlass Mosaic Tesserae from the 5th to the 6th Century Baptistry of San Giovanni alle Fonti, Milan, Italyâ, Elizabeth Neri, Marco VeritĂ and Alberto Conventi
2. âGlass Tesserae from the Petra Churchâ, Fatma Marii
3. âStudies in Middle Byzantine Glass Mosaics from Amoriumâ, Hanna Witte
4. âMosaic Tesserae from the Basilica of San Severo and Glass Production in Classe, Ravenna, Italyâ, Cesare Fiori
5. âThe Observation and Conservation of Mosaics in Ravenna in the 5th and 6th Centuriesâ Cetty Muscolino
6. âA Quest for Wisdomâ, Nadine Schibille
7. âMosaics and Materialsâ, Claudia Tedeschi
8. âA Study of Glass Tesserae from Mosaics in the Monestareis of Daphni and Hosios Loukasâ, Rossella Arletti
9. âNotes on the Morphology of the Gold Glass Tesserae from Daphni Monestaryâ, Polytimi Loukopoulou and Antonia Moropoulou
10. âGlass Producers in the Late Antique and Byzantine Texts and Papyriâ, E. Marianne Stern
11. âOn the Manufacture of Diatreta and Cage Cups from the Pharos Beaker to the Lycurgus Cupâ, Rosemarie Lierke
12. âThe Lycurgus Cupâ, JaĆ Elsner
13. âMaking Late Antique Gold Glassâ, Daniel Thomas Howells 14. âGold Glass in Late Antiquityâ, Andrew Meek
15. âLate Antique Glass Pendants in the British Museumâ, Chris Entwistle and Paul Corby Finnery (With an appendix by Philip Fletcher)
16. âA Scientific Study of Late Antique Glass Pendants in the British Museumâ, Stepan Röhrs, Andrew Meek and Chris Entwistle
17. âThe Production and Uses of Late Antique Glass in Byzantine Thessalonikiâ, Anastassios Antonaras
18. âTo Beautify Small Thingsâ, Ann Terry
19. 'Experiencing the Lightâ , Claire Nesbitt
20. âNew Light on the âBright Agesâ â, Claudine Bolgia
21. âThe Absence of Glassâ , Maria Vassilaki
22. âBorders of Experimentalism, Francesca Dellâ Acqua
23. âViewing the Mosaics of the Monasteries of Hosios Loukas, Daphni and the Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello â, Robin Cormack
24. 'The Abbot Philotheos, Founder of the Katholikon of Hosios Loukasâ, Nano Chatzidakis
25. âRecording Byzantine Mosaics in 19th âcentury Greeceâ, Dimitra Kotoula (With a contribution from Amalia G. Kakissis
26. âThe Christ Head at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Apse in the Bode Museum, Berlin, and Other Fake Mosaicsâ, Irina Andreescu - Treadgold
27. âAlexandria on the Baradaâ, Judith S. McKenzie
28. âMosaics by Numbers, Liz James, EmĂ”ke Soproni and Bente BjĂžrnholt
29. âEarly Islamic and Byzantine Silver Stainâ, Lisa Pilosi and David Whitehouse
30. âVictorian or Justinianic? Painter or Practitioner? In Situ or Reverse?â Paul Bentley