We examine here the glass finds from the Vetricella site. This site, investigated during the ERC-Avanced nEU-Med project (www.neu-med.unisi.it ) is interpreted as the centre of the royal curtis of Valli attested in documentary sources from 937. During the excavation, a large number of glass objects dated from the 4th to the 12th centuries were unearthed. The compositions of the early mediaeval Vetricella glass vessels (beakers, goblets, bottles, ampoules/vials), are studied and compared with those of similar finds from various other European sites. With the exception of one glass bottle, made with Syro-palestinian plant ash soda glass, all the other studied glasses belong to Antique or Late-Antique natron glass groups (Mn- and Sb-decolorized, Foy 2 and HIMT). All these objects illustrate the recycling practices of Antique and Late Antique glass in Europe as they are described by Theophilus for the 11th and 12th centuries.
Gratuze, B., Castelli, L.M., Bianchi, G. (2023). The glass finds from the Vetricella site (9th-12th c.): archaelogy and archaeometry. MÉLANGES DE L'ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE DE ROME. MOYEN AGE, 135(2), 349-359 [10.4000/mefrm.12631].
The glass finds from the Vetricella site (9th-12th c.): archaelogy and archaeometry
Bianchi, Giovanna
2023-01-01
Abstract
We examine here the glass finds from the Vetricella site. This site, investigated during the ERC-Avanced nEU-Med project (www.neu-med.unisi.it ) is interpreted as the centre of the royal curtis of Valli attested in documentary sources from 937. During the excavation, a large number of glass objects dated from the 4th to the 12th centuries were unearthed. The compositions of the early mediaeval Vetricella glass vessels (beakers, goblets, bottles, ampoules/vials), are studied and compared with those of similar finds from various other European sites. With the exception of one glass bottle, made with Syro-palestinian plant ash soda glass, all the other studied glasses belong to Antique or Late-Antique natron glass groups (Mn- and Sb-decolorized, Foy 2 and HIMT). All these objects illustrate the recycling practices of Antique and Late Antique glass in Europe as they are described by Theophilus for the 11th and 12th centuries.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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