A total of 1496 investigated colourless glass analyses have been collected with the aim of
achieving a clear geographical, typological, chronological and compositional overview on …

This paper discusses the composition of the vessel and window glass from three Late
Antique Cypriot sites: Yeroskipou, Maroni-Petrera and Kalavasos-Kopetra. Over 170 glass …

Little is known about the origin, supply pattern and production technology of Byzantine glass
mosaic tesserae. In this study, we have analysed forty-eight glass tesserae from Sagalassos …

Issues about the manufacture of Byzantine mosaics and the implications of these in wider
terms relating to social and economic questions about the art form have been little …

This paper reports the results of archaeometric characterisation of the tesserae, intentionally
coloured with or without copper-or tin-based opacifiers, in the palaeo-Christian glass mosaic …

The present paper reports the results of archaeometric characterisation of the opaque
tesserae, intentionally coloured with antimony-or phosphorus-based opacifiers, coming from …

There is substantial archaeological evidence to suggest that glass mosaics were ubiquitous
throughout late antique and Byzantine Asia Minor. However, issues about the manufacture …

SEM–EDS, EMPA, ICP–MS and ICP–OES were applied to the study of three sectilia panels
made of red, orange and yellow glass slabs. In order to determine the chemical state of Cu …

In this work 51 glass mosaic tesserae from decorations of the two Greek monasteries of
Daphni and Hosios Loukas were analysed by inductively coupled plasma optical emission …

Abstract The Great Umayyad Mosque of Damascus built between about 706 and 714/15 CE
is the oldest surviving mosque that still preserves large parts of its original architecture and …