Verre byzantin et islamiqueByzantine and Islamic Glass
Maria Mossakowska-Gaubert
6 référencesreferences
WHITEHOUSE, David
Byzantine Gilded Glass
WARD, Rachel
Gilded and Enamelled Glass from the Middle East
British Museum Press, London, 1998, p. 4-7
British Museum (LondresLondon) ; The Corning Museum of Glass (Corning) ; Treasury of San Marco (VeniseVenice)
[901, 1300]
• Byzantine glass:
– liquid-gilded techniques.
• Examples of byzantine glass objects:
– A bowl from the treasury of San Marco (10th or 11th century) - assumed to be one of the objects brought back from Constantinople in 1204:
- gilding and opaque pink, red, yellow, green, and bluish gray enamels,
- decoration: seven medallions containing figures, fourteen smaller roundels containing heads shown in profile, two imitation Kufic inscriptions, numerous rosettes and arabesque-like motifs.
– So-called “Paphos type”:
- glass found in the fort of Saranda Kolones (Paphos - Cyprus) - between c. 1191-1222, Corinth (Agora South Centre glass workshop) - between c. 1250-1312, Nicosia - early 13th century, Saraçhane (Constantinopole) - 12th century, Dvin (Armenia), Genoa, Tarquinia, Egypt, some pieces in the British Museum and the Corning Museum;
- cylindrical bottles and beakers;
- similar objects but no uniformity (at least two styles of ornament);
- decorated with liquid-gilding and (usually) enamel; use of scratches to indicate details;
- decoration arranged in horizontal bands: roundels, friezes or panels. Use of spiralling arabesques as fillers;
- possilbly places of production: Corinth and Cyprus (?).
• Theophilus, “De Diversis Artibus” (c. 1110-1140) - description of the technique of gilding of blue glass:
– by applying the gold as foil;
– by mixing gold dust with liquid and applying it as paint.
– liquid-gilded techniques.
• Examples of byzantine glass objects:
– A bowl from the treasury of San Marco (10th or 11th century) - assumed to be one of the objects brought back from Constantinople in 1204:
- gilding and opaque pink, red, yellow, green, and bluish gray enamels,
- decoration: seven medallions containing figures, fourteen smaller roundels containing heads shown in profile, two imitation Kufic inscriptions, numerous rosettes and arabesque-like motifs.
– So-called “Paphos type”:
- glass found in the fort of Saranda Kolones (Paphos - Cyprus) - between c. 1191-1222, Corinth (Agora South Centre glass workshop) - between c. 1250-1312, Nicosia - early 13th century, Saraçhane (Constantinopole) - 12th century, Dvin (Armenia), Genoa, Tarquinia, Egypt, some pieces in the British Museum and the Corning Museum;
- cylindrical bottles and beakers;
- similar objects but no uniformity (at least two styles of ornament);
- decorated with liquid-gilding and (usually) enamel; use of scratches to indicate details;
- decoration arranged in horizontal bands: roundels, friezes or panels. Use of spiralling arabesques as fillers;
- possilbly places of production: Corinth and Cyprus (?).
• Theophilus, “De Diversis Artibus” (c. 1110-1140) - description of the technique of gilding of blue glass:
– by applying the gold as foil;
– by mixing gold dust with liquid and applying it as paint.
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