Annales du 20e congrès de l’association internationale pour l’histoire du verre

The conference volume contains a foreword [French/Engl./Germ.] and 115 papers, separated by two keynotes, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic glass [7 contributions], Roman glass [14], Late Roman and Early Medieval glass [18], Byzantine and Islamic glass [7], European glass A. D. 700-1500 [13] and 1500-2000 [35], Asiatic glass [3], window glass and stained glass [11], reverse painting on glass [4] and general topics [1]. From the multitude of material only a selection can be mentioned here: gold glass, ink wells, mosaic glass, workshop plottings, engraved glass, glass beads, Early Islamic green lead glass, Byzantine glass armrings, red and orange high-alumina glass beads of Scandinavia, enamel glass and cold painted glass vessels of the Renaissance, forgeries of ancient Murano glass, Early Modern glass find complexes, mirrors and spectacles, filigree glass, annealing in glass production, pressed glass, glass fishing floats, aventurine and uranium-selenium glass, Singhalese and Indian glass, Eastern Asian glass trade, stained glass from Müstair, Akko, and Maulbronn, Belle-Epoque windows in Swiss hotels as well as window glass and stained glass from Belém, Brasil.