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Making a medieval stained glass window : an archaeometric study of technology and production
Medieval stained glass windows are relatively untapped sources of information about medieval technology and production, because their architectural context usually prohibits sampling for chemical analysis. This volume presents a comprehensive study of York Minsters Great East Window (1405-1408), inv...
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| Document Type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
: BAR publishing
, 2022
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| Series: | BAR / British series
671 UCL Institute of Archaeology PhD series volume 5=6 |
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Author Notes: | Laura W. Adlington |
| Summary: | Medieval stained glass windows are relatively untapped sources of information about medieval technology and production, because their architectural context usually prohibits sampling for chemical analysis. This volume presents a comprehensive study of York Minsters Great East Window (1405-1408), investigating glass-making technology and provenance, and glass-painting craft organisation. Chemical analysis relies upon established methods of elemental and isotope-ratio analysis, and development of an in-situ technique, handheld/portable x-ray fluorescence (pXRF). This volume also brings together historical documentation, art historical information, and meta-analysis of legacy data. Concepts borrowed from archaeological and pedagogical studies, including chaîne opèratoire, technological choice, apprenticeship and batch theory, and production models from the automobile industry, provide a new lens through which to interpret the data. Findings regard long-term relationships between York Minster and glass suppliers, the level of sophistication exhibited by medieval glass-makers, and detailed insights into the window workshop, including identification of work by different craftsmen 1. Introduction – 2. Great East Window of York Minster – 3. Glass making in the medieval period – 4. Medieval glass-painting – 5. Problems and possibilities: using handheld pXRF to study medieval stained glass windows – 6. Methods – 7. Performance of handheld pXRF in the analysis of medieval stained glass – 8. Chemical characterisation of the Great East Window glass – 9. Original white glass batches and their distribution in the window – 10. Recipes and procurement of the GEW glass – 11. Glass-painting and the organisation of production in John Thornton’s workshop – 12. Conclusions -- Appendix A: The Great East Window of York Minster: Supplementary materials and sampling – Appendix B: Analytical methods: Supplementary information – Appendix C; UCL reference glasses AD1, AD2 and AD3, based on medival forest glass composition – Appendix D: Results of the chemical analysis – Appendix E: Identification of batches. |
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| Item Description: | Zuerst als UCL Institute of Archaeology PhD series volume 5 erschienen Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 223-238 |
| Physical Description: | xxi, 238 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme |
| ISBN: | 9781407358505 1407358502 |
