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Le bottiglie kropfflasche: testimonianze dal monastero di San Severo di Classe (Ravenna)
No full textIn the Middle Ages the ecclesiastical and monastic élites often took on a leading role in the distribution of goods: thanks to donations, on the local marketplaces they could find a huge quantity of products, which today we can rediscover thanks to archaeology. This is the case, for instance, in Classe (Ravenna), where, during a ten-year archaeological campaign conducted in the basilica of Saint Severus, ceramic, glass and metal objects were unearthed, that were connected to the life of the Monastery (9th-15th century AD).
Among the glass finds, a significant group of fragments belonged to bottles with a ring-shaped bulge called kroppflasche, one of the most unusual and less known forms in the late Middle Ages.
These bottles are characterized by a bulge at the end of the neck and a vertical ribs on the body, and have been found sporadically from Greece to northern Europe in 13th-14th century contexts. Through comparisons with published examples of kroppflasche, the present study is intended as a starting point for further research to be conducted on the production and trade of these objects, with the aim to understanding their use and consumption in the monastic community of the monastery of Saint Severus in Classe (Ravenna)
Le ceramiche e gli oggetti
No full textIl sito di San Pietro in Cotto (Gemmano, Rimini) ha restituito una discreta varietà di reperti ceramici, metallici e vitrei, con datazioni distribuite tra l'età romana e l'Alto Medioevo. Le ceramiche mostrano elevate attestazioni di anfore di produzione locale, destinate al trasporto di vino, e suppellettili da cucina e vasellame da mensa in terra sigillata e a pareti sottili. Tra i prodotti più caratteristici si annoverano i piatti su alto piede a listello, recanti bolli in "planta pedis" e le ciotole con decorazione "à la barbotine". Tra le ceramiche non da mensa si ricordano le lucerne sia nella tipologia "Firmalampen" che in quella "a volute". Tra i reperti non ceramici particolarmente numerosi sono i prodotti metallici, dove si attestano sia gli oggetti d'uso quotidiano, sia ornamenti personali. Infine, è stato recuperato un piccolo gruppo di vetri riferibili a suppellettili d'uso domestico (bicchieri, bottiglie, coppe) e a vetri da finestra
Catalogo dei reperti
No full textCatalogo dei reperti mobili recuperati presso lo scavo di San Pietro in Cotto (Gemmano, Rimini
Produrre tessere in vetro a Classe: una prospettiva archeologica
No full textIn 402 AD, Ravenna became the capitol of the Western Roman Empire . On this occasion, the city was completely transformed to meet the needs of the imperial court. Many palaces and churches were built between the 5th and the 6th centuries and decorated with mosaics that represent one of the highest expressions of Late Antique art in Ravenna. The most refined use of glass tesserae is an interesting topic for the researchers: several studies have sought to determine the technique and place of production. Through the comparison of archaeometrical data, concerning different sets of mosaic tesserae from Ravenna, and archaeological records coming from two different glass-working areas identified in Classe, this paper will provide an updated review about this particular Late Antique manufacture, showing that there are no data support a local production of tesserae in Classe
The ROCHEMP PROJECT: Regional Office for Cultural Heritage Enhancement, Management and Protection
No full textArmenia is one of the oldest Christian Countries in the world, with an impressive architectural, historical, artistic, library, ethnological heritage, which has contributed to affirming and preserving its national identity over the centuries. Aware of the importance of preserving its traditions and its products, today Armenia recognizes to cultural heritage a key-role also for its economic potential, attracting investments and sustainable tourism. However, the lack of opportunities to update and increase specific technical skills of the professionals represents today a critical factor for the conservation, management and enhancement of this immense cultural heritage.
In particular, the Country feels the need to adapt its practices to the most modern international standards in the field of restoration and enhancement, as well as to encourage the adoption of a clearer regulatory framework in defining the best practices of intervention and specific skills for the sector.
The “ROCHEMP Project: Regional Office for Cultural Heritage Enhancement, Management and Protection” was created to respond to two of the priorities identified by the Armenian Government for the economic development of the Country, for improving a quality assurance system in the restoration works and supporting the promotion of cultural activities and events
I reperti in vetro dal sito di Ad Novas (Cesenatico). Dati preliminari
No full textIn April 2006, the University of Leicester (UK), in collaboration with the Museo della Marineria of Cesenatico and the Soprintendenza ai Beni Archeologici dell’Emilia-Romagna carried out a pilot project, consisting in the opening of four test pits at
the site of Ca’ Bufalini, with the aim of establishing the role of Cesenatico in the Adriatic sea.
In this paper will be presented the glass finds recovered during the campaign 2006 and from the Trench 20, excavated in 2011. The
main forms identified are dating from the 4th to the 6th century AD and belong at few typologies of beakers (like types Isings 96,
106 and 109) and bowls (especially Isings 117 and some others typologies with rim refolded toward the outside). Few fragments
are also identified like lamps Isings 134 and only one element can be associated at the wineglass form Foy 23 (6th – 7th century AD).
Some fragments are also identified like a few typologies of bowls, bottles and unguentaria from the Roman period.
All of the finds are characterized by a high fragmentation and the glass matrix is colourless, with light blue and green tones,
and the presence of many air bubbles and lines of blowing. All of these elements can be associated at a very common production.
From Ad Novas were recovered also a prismatic blue opaque bead with diamonds, a typical production from the Danube area
from the Roman period to the 4th century, and a “trilobitenperlen”, probably produced in Reatia or in Noricum between the 3rd and the 4th century AD
The Persistence of Memory. Exploring the Significance of Glass from Materiality to Intangible Values
Full text linkAs a material, glass has been linked with knowledge and skill mastery for at least three millennia, reflecting the use of traditional tools and technologies inherited from the past. The history of glass speaks of know-how, technological transitions, and contaminations among preferences and raw materials. An increase in the awareness of traditional knowledge underlying the tradition of glass manufacturing has recently been observed with the inscription of the art of Venetian glass beads on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, which has been recognized as a repository of knowledge and mastery of skills, reflecting the use of traditional tools and technologies inherited from the past. However, the potential that glass holds to rediscover the flows and exchanges of technological knowledge in the past has only been explored marginally, and issues linked to the intangible values and the socio-cultural significance of glass are still only sporadically addressed. This review aims to stimulate reflection on the diversity of the significance underlying glass as a material that has marked the cultural and technological history of man. This study will establish the foundation for a methodological reflection in the approach to the study of ancient glass that is intended to help uncover the intangible values that it is an embodiment for
Ravenna, its mosaics and the contribution of archaeometry. A systematic reassessment on literature data related to glass tesserae and new considerations
Full text linkWritten about thirty years after the very first archaeometric analyses carried out on the mosaics of Ravenna, the paper provides a methodical and comprehensive review of data published so far in the literature on this topic. Aimed at reflecting upon what can, according to archaeometry, be actually stated on the provenance and the manufacturing technology of the multi-coloured glass tesserae found in the mosaics adorning the Ravenna monuments, the rassessment delivers a re-examination of published data from a critical thinking perspective. Almost all of the available analyses on Ravenna mosaics have been performed many years ago, when scientific investigations applied to mosaic glass tesserae were at an early stage and the knowledge of manufacturing technology of tesserae was more patchy than today. Data obtained by former investigations carried out on assemblages of tesserae from different monuments in Ravenna and its surrounding area will be, thus, framed in the current research scenario related to mosaic glass production and supply in the late antique Mediterranean world, in order to define an inclusive background to be used as a re-starting point for further investigation and research
Production and distribution of late antique glass and fine wares in Romagna (2nd-7th cent. CE)
No full textDuring the last season of archaeological excavations and surveys, local glass and fine wares production centres exhibiting a long production tradition have been identified in Romagna (Classe, Ravenna, Rimini, Cesenatico, Faenza). These products were distributed on mid- and north Adriatic sites, together with other more successful products, coming from Mediterranean trade routes, from Eastern territories and North Africa. In this paper, we will try to underline the major typologies of products and forms identified in this region and to identify production centres and distribution patterns during Late Antiquity and the early middle Ages
Glassworking in Classe: working debris from the southern district
No full textAccording to the historian Andrea Agnello (9th century AD), the Basilica Petriana was the main Church of Classe (Ravenna),
founded in the 5th century AD by Ravenna’s bishop, Pietro Crisologo, and destroyed by an earthquake in the 8th century AD.
In the 60’s, archaeological research conducted in the southern rural area between the commercial port of Classe and the Basilica
of Saint Apollinare allowed to identify the original location of the church and, in 2008-2009, further archaeological surveys have
been undertaken by the University of Bologna in the same area. Excavations confirmed that the church went through a massive spoliation after its dismission, and, on that occasion, the pits were covered with wastes from a nearby manufacturing district. Numerous glass pieces were identified among these finds, as fragments of vessels and windows glass, tesserae and working debris.
In this paper, the different typologies of glass wastes will be described and discussed in a perspective of a possible persistence of
a glass production in Classe after the 8th century AD
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