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Lucid transformations : the Byzantine-Islamic transition as reflected in glass assemblages from Jerusalem and its environs, 450-800 CE
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This monograph comprises a newly established, comprehensive, up-to-date typo-chronology, based on hundreds of glass wares of the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods from scores of excavations, in a...
This monograph comprises a newly established, comprehensive, up-to-date typo-chronology, based on hundreds of glass wares of the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods from scores of excavations, in and around Jerusalem and in neighbouring regions. Additionally, a holistic study of lighting devices, glass lamps and windowpanes, includes a novel assessment of Christian, Muslim and Jewish written sources regarding lighting in religious buildings in Jerusalem in the relevant periods.
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- Creator
- Tamar Winter
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2019
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 222 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9781407355450, 1407355457, 1407316982
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Introduction -- The historical setting of Jerusalem and its environs in the Byzantine and early Islamic periods -- Typological-chronological study of the glass products from the mid-fifth to the eighth centuries -- Illumination schemes in the Byzantine and early Islamic periods -- Newly studied glass finds from archaeological excavations in Jerusalem and its environs -- Published glass finds from archaeological excavations in Jerusalem and its environs -- Synthesis -- Conclusions