HASSON, Rachel

JGS 25

The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, 1983, p. 109-113

fouilles excavations

[1001, 1300]

bol bowl fiole vial flacon flask gobelet beaker lampe lamp perle bead récipient zoomorphe zoomorphic vessel vitre window glass

décoration appliquée applied decoration filets marbrés marvered trails lustré stained, lustre-painted mosaïqué mosaic picotement et étirement de la matière pinched decoration soufflé dans un moule mould-blown taillé cut verre camée cameo glass émaillé enamelled

• Group of trailed/marvered glasses - most outstanding, as far as quantity and variety of forms among glasses found in the Old City of Jerusalem and dated from Umayyead to the beginning of the Mamluk Period:
– trailing mainly in opaque white glass, some of them - black;
– classified by base colour: purple glass (translucent or opaque) - the most numerous; translucent blue glass; opaque red glass, yellow (amber) glass;
– lumps of raw glass and several wasters (group of the purple glass).

• Jerusalem as a center of purple trailed glass production in Islamic times - peak of production probably during the 11th to early 13th century.

• Pilgrims coming from Europe to Jerusalem as potential clients interested in glassware, especially in small and luxury items.

• Written sources: Al-Muqaddasī (late 10th century).

bloc de verre brut lump of raw glass déchets de verre glass waste

sources écrites written sources

habitat
settlement  contexte urbain
urban context

Israël Israel

Jérusalem Jerusalem

production consommation