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Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: Jens Kröger
Categories: Glass, Islamic
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

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In 1935-40 and again in 1947, the Iranian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum excavated the city of Nishapur, a flourishing center in medieval times located i
Ancient Glass
Language: en
Pages: 545
Authors: Julian Henderson
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-04 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book is an interdisciplinary exploration of archaeological glass in which technological, historical, geological, chemical, and cultural aspects of the stud
Nishapur
Language: en
Pages: 121
Authors: James W. Allan
Categories: Islamic antiquities
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982 - Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The city of Nishapur, located in eastern Iran, was a place of political importance in medieval times and a flourishing center of art, crafts, and trade. This pu
Lucid Transformations
Language: en
Pages: 238
Authors: Tamar Winter
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-30 - Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited

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The book investigates the contribution ofglass finds to understanding the nature of the transition from Byzantine toIslamic rule in Syria-Palestine, by analysin
Things that Travelled
Language: en
Pages: 419
Authors: Daniela Rosenow
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-19 - Publisher: UCL Press

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Recent research has demonstrated that, in the Roman, Late Antique, Early Islamic and Medieval worlds, glass was traded over long distances, from the Eastern Med