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Ancient and Islamic Glass and Glassmaking: General Overviews

Selection of books, articles, videos and other resources about glass and glassmaking in the ancient world.

General Histories that Include Ancient Glass

5000 years of glass by Tait, Hugh
Call Number: Stacks NK5106 .T13b 2012
ISBN: 9780714150956
Publication Date: 2012
Includes Gudenrath
History of Glass by Dan Klein, Robert Charleston, etc.
Call Number: NK5106 .K64
Publication Date: 1991
Masterpieces of glass : a world history from the Corning Museum of Glass by Robert J. Charleston, with contributions by David B. Whitehouse and Susanne K. Frantz.
Call Number: NK5104 .C47 1990
Publication Date: 1990

Ancient Glass Books & Catalogs

Ancient Glass in National Museums Scotland by C. S. Lightfoot
Call Number: NK5107 .L72a
ISBN: 1901663280
Publication Date: 2007-03-23
Egyptian Faience and Glass by Paul T. Nicholson
Call Number: NK3810 .N62
ISBN: 0747801959
Publication Date: 1993-07-01
Fire and Sand by Anastasios Antonaras; Princeton University Art Museum Staff (Other Primary Creator)
Call Number: NK5107 .A64f
ISBN: 9780300179811
Publication Date: 2013-01-08
Glass from the ancient world : the Ray Winfield Smith collection : [catalogue of] a special exhibition by The Corning Museum of Glass
Call Number: NK5107.C81
Publication Date: 1957
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass by Sidney M. Goldstein
Call Number: NK5107 .G62
ISBN: 0872900673
Publication Date: 1979-12-01
Ancient Glass by Julian Henderson
Call Number: Stacks TP850 .H49 2016
ISBN: 9781107551909
Publication Date: 2016-02-04

Pre-Roman Glass

Early Ancient Glass by David F. Grose; Roger Mandle (Foreword by)
Call Number: NK5107 .G87
ISBN: 9780933920927
Publication Date: 1989
Glass and Glassmaking in Ancient Mesopotamia by A. Leo Oppenheim; Robert H. Brill; Can Barag; Axel Von Saldern
Call Number: NK5107.3 .O62 1988
ISBN: 0872900584
Publication Date: 1988-02-01
Studies in Early Egyptian Glass by Christine Lilyquist; R. H. Brill; M. T. Wypyski; H. Shirahata (Contribution by); R. J. Koestler (Contribution by); R. D. Vocke (Contribution by)
Call Number: NK5107.2 .L73
ISBN: 0870996835
Publication Date: 1993-08-01
Lapis Lazuli from the Kiln by Andrew Shortland
Call Number: Stacks TP850 .S55
ISBN: 9789058676917
Publication Date: 2012-01-31

Roman Glass

Roman glass : two centuries of art and invention by edited by Martine Newby and Kenneth Painter
Call Number: NK5107.6 .N53
Publication Date: 1991
Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass by David Whitehouse
Call Number: Stacks NK5107.6 .W59r
ISBN: 9780872901506
Publication Date: 2002
A catalog of Roman glass in the Corning Museum of Glass. Includes works attributed to Ennion.
Glass of the Roman Empire by David Whitehouse
Publication Date: Corning, NY: The Corning Museum of Glass, 1988, pp. 50-51
Glass of the Roman World by Justine Bayley (Editor); Ian Freestone (Editor); Caroline Jackson (Editor)
Call Number: NK5107.6 .G54
ISBN: 1782977740
Publication Date: 2015-07-31
Glass of the Caesars by Donald B. Harden, Hansgerd Hellenkemper, Kenneth Painter, David Whitehouse
Call Number: NK5107.6 .H25g
ISBN: 9780486254357
Publication Date: 1987

Ancient Slab of Glass from Beth She'arim

King Amenhotep II

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Subjects: Ancient Glass, Glassmaking Techniques, Glassware by Region