Compositional observations for Islamic Glass from Sīrāf, Iran, in the Corning Museum of Glass collection

Journal of Archaeological Science Reports ◽

10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.08.020 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 102-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carolyn M. Swan ◽

Thilo Rehren ◽

James Lankton ◽

Bernard Gratuze ◽

Robert H. Brill

Keyword(s):

Islamic Glass

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ISLAMIC GLASS WEIGHTS AND STAMPS: ANALYSIS USING NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES

Archaeometry ◽

10.1111/j.1475-4754.1990.tb00462.x ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 155-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 73

Author(s):

B. GRATUZE ◽

J.-N. BARRANDON

Keyword(s):

Nuclear Techniques ◽

Islamic Glass

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Islamic Glass in the Making

10.11116/9789461664419 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Nadine Schibille

Keyword(s):

Glass Industry ◽

Large Scale ◽

Interdisciplinary Approach ◽

Islamic Period ◽

Holistic Understanding ◽

History Of ◽

Early Islamic Period ◽

Early Islamic ◽

Plant Ash ◽

Islamic Glass

The ancient glass industry changed dramatically towards the end of the first millennium. The Roman glassmaking tradition of mineral soda glass was increasingly supplanted by the use of plant ash as the main fluxing agent at the turn of the ninth century CE. Defining primary production groups of plant ash glass has been a challenge due to the high variability of raw materials and the smaller scale of production. Islamic Glass in the Making advocates a large-scale archaeometric approach to the history of Islamic glassmaking to trace the developments in the production, trade and consumption of vitreous materials between the eighth and twelfth centuries and to separate the norm from the exception. It proposes compositional discriminants to distinguish regional production groups, and provides insights into the organisation of the glass industry and commerce during the early Islamic period. The interdisciplinary approach leads to a holistic understanding of the development of Islamic glass; assemblages from the early Islamic period in Mesopotamia, Central Asia, Egypt, Greater Syria and Iberia are evaluated, and placed in the larger geopolitical context. In doing so, this book fills a gap in the present literature and advances a large-scale approach to the history of Islamic glass.

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