Screen LibraryFire and sand：ancient glass in the Princeton University Art Museum
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Princeton University Art Museum Distributed by Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. New Haven, Conn. London |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 386 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. |
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9780300179811 (hbk.) 0300179812 (hbk.) |
| Index Number: | J538 |
| CLC: | J538.3-09 |
| Call Number: | J538.3-09/A634 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-376) and index. History of the collection / J. Michael Padgett -- A history of ancient glass / Anastassios Antonaras -- Catalogue of the collection / Anastassios Antonaras -- Profile drawings of the collection. "For the first time, this important volume features nearly all of the ancient glass objects in the collection of the Princeton University Art Museum. Collected over the course of more than a century, the objects originate from locations across the eastern Mediterranean region. Taken together, the 509 ancient glass vessels and plaques provide a timeline of archaeological and cultural history from the middle of the second millennium B.C. to the rise of Islam in the seventh century. An introductory essay by award-winning scholar Anastassios Antonaras summarizes the history of Greek, Roman, and |