Tradition and Experiment in First Millennium A.D. Glass ProductionThe Emergence of Early Islamic Glass Technology in Late Antiquity

2002 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 594-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Glass Technology ◽  
First Millennium ◽  
Early Islamic ◽  
Islamic Glass

Islamic Glass in the Making

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.

Historical Introduction

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyal Ben-Eliyahu ◽  
Yehudah Cohn ◽  
Fergus Millar
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Jewish Literature ◽  
European Language ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Electronic Texts ◽  
European Languages ◽  
First Millennium

This chapter first sets out the aim of this book, which is to provide a guide on Jewish literature composed in the first millennium ce in Hebrew or Aramaic, either in Palestine under Roman rule or in Babylonia under the rule of the Sassanid kings of Persia. It offers essential information on the printed editions of each; their contents and likely date of redaction; translations into European languages; modern commentaries, whether in a European language or Hebrew; electronic texts, if available; and the manuscripts in which each is found. The discussions then turn to how to approach the Jewish literature of Late Antiquity and the character of Late Antique Jewish literature.

The Early Islamic Mining Boom

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-221
Author(s):  
Michael Morony
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Mining Technology ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Silver Copper ◽  
Gold Silver ◽  
Early Islamic

AbstractThe present article shows that, according to archaeological and literary evidence, an expansion in mining occurred in the early Islamic world as a result of changes in mining technology at the end of Late Antiquity. The production of gold, silver, copper, iron, and other minerals is shown to have peaked in the eighth and ninth centuries and then to have declined during the tenth and eleventh centuries due to insecurity and/or exhaustion of the mines. Mining development was financed privately, and mines were usually private property.

scholarly journals Chronology of early Islamic glass compositions from Egypt

2019 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 10-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Schibille ◽  
Bernard Gratuze ◽  
Eric Ollivier ◽  
Étienne Blondeau
Keyword(s):  
Early Islamic ◽  
Glass Compositions ◽  
Islamic Glass

TOPOGRAPHIES OF PRODUCTION IN NORTH AFRICAN CITIES DURING THE VANDAL AND BYZANTINE PERIODS

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 257-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Leone
Keyword(s):  
Olive Oil ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Oil Production ◽  
North African ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
Archaeological Evidence ◽  
Urban Location ◽  
African Cities ◽  
Lime Kilns ◽  
Early Islamic

An important characteristic of North African cities in Late Antiquity is the appearance of structures relating to artisanal production in unusual settings, often in former public buildings. In this paper I argue for developing a study of this sector, looking not only at products, such as pottery, but also at productive structures and their wider urban location. Archaeological evidence from Tunisia and Tripolitania is analysed, dating from Vandal, Byzantine and also, occasionally, Early Islamic times, relating principally to murex dyeing, fish salting, olive oil production and pottery manufacturing. Lime kilns are also considered.

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