Catalogue of Anglo-Saxon Glass in the British Museum

by Evison, Vera I.; Marzinzik, Sonja; Freestone, Ian C. (CON); Hughes, Michael J. (CON); Stapleton, Colleen P. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780861591671
• ISBN10: 0861591674
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-30
• Publisher: British Museum Pubns Ltd

Summary

This definitive book on Anglo-Saxon glass by major scholars in the field is the first monograph to be published on the subject. It focuses not only on the British Museum collection but provides a detailed discussion of the various types of early Anglo-Saxon glass (vessels, plus gems, beads and window glass), placing it in its English context, but also drawing widely on Continental and Scandinavian early medieval glass. This is complemented by new scientific and technological research on early-medieval glass making in England, on the Continent and in the Mediterranean. The illustrated catalogue also provides information on provenances, collectors and excavators, plus distribution maps and a gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon glass.

Table of Contents

Discussion	p. 1
The Composition and Production of Anglo-Saxon Glass	p. 29
Catalogue	p. 47
Appendices	p. 73
Provenance of Anglo-Saxon glass in the British Museum	p. 73
Disc beads and cabochon pendants with reticella trails from Anglo-Saxon England	p. 73
Analyses of the metal components of a silver cross pendant from Gravesend	p. 74
List of glass vessels from Anglo-Saxon England AD 400-700	p. 74
Bibliography	p. 79
Distribution maps	p. 87
Figures	p. 93
Plates	p. 129
Colour plates	p. 135
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