Gambassini on the road. Underpinning evidence for a medieval widespread glass production in the north Adriatic area

Chinni, Tania; Fiorentino, Sara; Silvestri, Alberta; Vandini, Mariangela

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103039

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“…This notion has already started to clearly emerge based on a study conducted on everyday drinking glass beakers sold in the 14th century in the northern Adriatic region [44]. The study has, in fact, demonstrated that the production of everyday objects does not univocally reflect what was established by political influences dominating the commercial trades.…”

Section: Rethinking the Methodological Approachmentioning

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The Persistence of Memory. Exploring the Significance of Glass from Materiality to Intangible Values

Fiorentino

Chinni

2023

Heritage

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As 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.

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Section: Rethinking the Methodological Approachmentioning

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The Persistence of Memory. Exploring the Significance of Glass from Materiality to Intangible Values

Fiorentino

Chinni

2023

Heritage

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“…Previously studied assemblages of archaeological glass available at the Conservation Science Laboratory of the Department of Cultural Heritage (University of Bologna-Ravenna Campus) have been selected for this study: 13th-14th century ampoules, nuppenbecher and kropfflasche from the monastic complex of San Severo (Classe, Ravenna, Italy) [4]; 14th-16th century gambassini drinking vessels from the monastic complex of San Severo (Classe, Ravenna, Italy) and from the Rontana Castel (Brisighella, Ravenna, Italy) [5]; 8th century mosaic glass tesserae from the qasr of Khirbet al-Mafjar (Jericho, Palestine) [6]; and 8th century mosaic glass tesserae from the Great Mosque of Damascus (Syria) [7,8]. When other assemblages of materials from previous studies which have not been carried out by the authors are taken as examples, references are provided in the text.…”

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“…The monastic complex of San Severo can be taken as an example of another approach applicable to archaeological glass, based on the study of one (or a few) statistically relevant shape(s). This is the case of the daily-use drinking glass beaker known as gambassino [5]. Recently published research aimed at deepening the historical, archaeological, and compositional knowledge between the variants of this object, found in two contemporary sites located at a distance of about 50 km from each other: the monastery of San Severo and the Rontana castle (Brisighella, Ravenna, Italy).…”

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Materials Inspiring Methodology: Reflecting on the Potential of Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Archaeological Glass

2021

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The contribution that materials science has made to the understanding of ancient glassmaking is unquestionable, as research undertaken in recent decades has extensively demonstrated. Archaeological glass is far from being a homogeneous class of materials, encompassing objects made for different uses, manufactured in different periods and geographic areas, with a variety of tools and working techniques. If all these factors are not adequately considered when approaching the study of ancient glasses from an archaeometric perspective, data obtained by analyses can incur the risk of being less informative or even misinterpreted. Moving from previously performed research, this paper is aimed at reflecting on the potential of synergistic approaches for the study of archeological glasses, based on the interrelation among different disciplines and fostering the integration of archaeological and historical knowledge with data-driven scientific analyses.

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Renaissance Rome and the Italian Glass Connection: 16th-Century a.d. Hospital Dumps in the Forum of Caesar

Boschetti

Jacobsen

Presicce

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Journal of Field Archaeology

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Gambassini on the road. Underpinning evidence for a medieval widespread glass production in the north Adriatic area

Cited by 3 publications

References 29 publications

The Persistence of Memory. Exploring the Significance of Glass from Materiality to Intangible Values

The Persistence of Memory. Exploring the Significance of Glass from Materiality to Intangible Values

Materials Inspiring Methodology: Reflecting on the Potential of Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Archaeological Glass

Renaissance Rome and the Italian Glass Connection: 16th-Century a.d. Hospital Dumps in the Forum of Caesar

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