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Author:

Wight, Karol, 1958-

Title:

Molten color : glassmaking in antiquity / Karol B. Wight.

Publisher:

J. Paul Getty Museum,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

viii, 136 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Glass manufacture--History.
Glassware, Ancient.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

What is glass? -- The birth of glass: Mesopotamia and Egypt -- Glass in the Mediterranean world -- The discovery of inflating glass -- Glass in the Roman world -- Glass in the later empire: regional distinctions -- How was glass used?

ISBN:

1606060538 (pbk.)
9781606060537 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)647221584

LCCN:

2010028704

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)