Glassworking

Information from an exhibit at the Corning Museum of Glass, featuring photos of 16th and 17th century glassware.

The Associatio n for the History of Glass.

The Associatio n for the History of Glass.

An annotated bibliography on glass and glass beads by Master Magnus Malleus, OL.

Webpages by Jason Mathes: La Téne Period Celtic Glass, a research project done for an art class. Some info also in glass section at http://www.unc.edu/courses/art111/celtic/

The full text of the English translation, featuring recipes for artists' supplies, and instructions for techniques.

Subjects covered in this issue: men's clothing of the 1450's-1470's; and illustrations of woodworking tools, glass vessels, bags, and painters' tools.

Access the world's largest and most extensive library of the art and history of glass at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY. The library's catalog and article index can be searched simultaneously or individually.

This comprehens ive report represents a landmark in the publicatio n of medieval finds from excavation s in York. It encompasse s very large assemblage s of medieval artefacts of a wide variety of materials, including iron, non-ferrou s metal, stone, jet, amber, fired clay, glass and textile. These were recovered from four major sites in York.

Although the Romans did not create the glass making process, under their influence the glass industry made massive technological and artistic leaps.

The East Kingdom Metalsmiths' Guild is dedicated to the study and teaching of all the metalsmithing arts and sciences: blacksmithing, smelting, casting, working in various metals, jewelrymaking, glassblowing, glass lampworking (beads, etc.), and the like.

This website explores several aspects of the history of glassworking throughout the six centuries of Roman domination of the Mediterranean world. Woven into this story is the place of glassware in everyday life, from the lady-of-the-house's cosmetic preparations each morning to the setting of the table for the evening meal. Glassware's use for storage of foodstuffs, wine, and perfumes among the furnishings of a Roman burial is also discussed.

Articles about glass history, stained glass history, archeological finds, history of glassmaking in Czech countries and Bohemia (from Ancient to Art Nouveau glass).

The Atlantian glassworkers' guild, focusing mostly on lampqorking techniques.

Stained glass windows from the Frauenkirche (Church of our Lady), built by and for the citizens of Esslingen from 1320-1508, and from the choir of the (previously) Franciscan church can also be seen in this Internet exhibition.

Examples and brief history of Near Eastern glasswork, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline website.

An ongoing site with articles and links on Glasswork and Beads as they apply to the Middle Ages and the SCA.

Museums of the city of Venice.

Class notes for decorating dishes and glassware using a modern style of paint.

This paper seeks in the first place to give some indication of the range of these industries in a few English forests of the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, and then to describe their organizati on.

Glass was used in a number of ways by the Saxons and Vikings; for drinking vessels, window glass, jewellery, enamelling and beads. Amber was a treasured material, particularly by the Vikings, and was used for beads, pendants, amulets, gaming pieces, spindle-whorls, and finger rings.

For almost a millennium , a modest wooden ship lay underwater off the coast of Serce Limani, Turkey, filled with evidence of trade and objects of daily life. The ship trafficked in both the Byzantine and Islamic worlds of its time. The ship is known as "the Glass Wreck" because its cargo included three metric tons of glass cullet, including broken Islamic vessels, and eighty pieces of intact glassware. In addition, it held glazed Islamic bowls, red-ware cooking vessels, copper cauldrons and buckets, wine amphoras, weapons, tools, jewelry, fishing gear, remnants of meals, coins, scales and weights, and more. This first volume of the complete site report introduces the discovery, the methods of its excavation , and the conservati on of its artifacts. Chapters cover the details of the ship, its contents, the probable personal possession s of the crew, and the picture of daily shipboard life that can be drawn from the discoverie s.

Describes the history of glassworking in Venice in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Includes several photos of medieval tiraz, pre-17th century European and Middle Eastern ceramics, and medieval glassware.