TY - JOUR
T1 - Some secrets of Renaissance Venetian opaque red glass revealed by analyses and glassmaking treatises
AU - Bandiera, Mario
AU - Verit, Marco
AU - Zecchin, Sandro
AU - Vilarigues, Márcia
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-MCTES) for PhD grant PD/B D/135053/2017 , the research unit VI CARTE (UI DB /007 29/2020) for supporting this proj ect. Roberto Falcone of SSV for the XRF analyses, Patrice Lh uéd é of C2RMF for FEG -SEM investigations, J oana Pinto of CENI MAT for the XRD measurements are kindly acknowledged.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Opaque copper red glass has been produced since the birth of the glassmaking technology. Since the first/second c. AD the so-called red brown glass was produced and was constantly made up to nowadays. Despite several analytical studies, many technological aspects of this particular glass are still unclear. Opaque red brown glass was widely made also in Venice. Samples of Renaissance Venetian glass were analysed and abundant historical sources of this period including recipes of Venetian glassmakers are available. This combination of analyses and texts represents a unique opportunity to shed light on the production technology of red brown glass. The aim of this work is to better understand some aspects of this glass, such as the raw materials used, the glassmaking procedure, the control of the final colour, through a comparison between chemical analyses of Renaissance Venetian samples and the indications of historical sources. The information obtained for Venetian glass could be useful for the interpretation of the technology of red opaque glass made in other places and periods for which specific written documents are lacking.
AB - Opaque copper red glass has been produced since the birth of the glassmaking technology. Since the first/second c. AD the so-called red brown glass was produced and was constantly made up to nowadays. Despite several analytical studies, many technological aspects of this particular glass are still unclear. Opaque red brown glass was widely made also in Venice. Samples of Renaissance Venetian glass were analysed and abundant historical sources of this period including recipes of Venetian glassmakers are available. This combination of analyses and texts represents a unique opportunity to shed light on the production technology of red brown glass. The aim of this work is to better understand some aspects of this glass, such as the raw materials used, the glassmaking procedure, the control of the final colour, through a comparison between chemical analyses of Renaissance Venetian samples and the indications of historical sources. The information obtained for Venetian glass could be useful for the interpretation of the technology of red opaque glass made in other places and periods for which specific written documents are lacking.
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U2 - 10.13036/17533546.62.1.001
DO - 10.13036/17533546.62.1.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85136600121
SN - 1753-3546
VL - 62
SP - 24
EP - 33
JO - Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A
JF - Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part A
IS - 1
ER -