Optical properties of tin-opacified glazes

Archaeometry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 325-340

  Vendrell, M ^a   Molera, J ^a   Tite, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Glaze; Islamic; Lead; Medieval; Mudejar; Murcia; Opacity; Paterna; Spain; Spectrophotometry; Technology; Tin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034237989     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2000.tb00885.x     Document Type: Article

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