Composition, Production and Procurement of Glass at San Vincenzo al Volturno: An Early Medieval Monastic Complex in Southern Italy
Nadine Schibille|Ian C. Freestone
136 glasses from the ninth-century monastery of San Vincenzo and its workshops have been analysed by electron microprobe in order to situate assemblage within first millennium CE glass making tradition. The majority compositions can be paralleled Roman third centuries, with very few samples consistent later compositional groups. Colours for trailed decoration on vessels, vessel bodies sheet windows were largely produced melting tesserae old mosaics. Some weakly-coloured transparent was obtained re-melting window glass, while some mixing tesserae, excluding strongly coloured cobalt blues. Our data suggest that feed needs workshop, bulk removed as a large building. This is historical account according which granite columns monastic church spolia temple region. purported shortage natron Egypt does not appear explain dependency glass. Rather, absence contemporary primary may reflect downturn long-distance trade C.E., role patronage "ritual economy" founded upon donations gift-giving time.
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