Composition of 12-18th century window glass in Belgium: Non-figurative windows in secular buildings and stained-glass windows in religious buildings

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 6-7 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 663-668

  Schalm, Olivier ^a   Janssens, Koen ^a   Wouters, Hilde ^b   Caluwé, Danielle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Instituut Voor Het Archeologisch Patrimonium   (Belgium)

^c FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Compositional evolution; High lime low alkali glass; Potash glass; Window glass

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GLASS MANUFACTURE; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS; STAINED GLASS;

GLASSMAKER; HISTORICAL SITES; NON-FIGURATIVE WINDOWS; SECULAR BUILDINGS;

WINDOWS;

EID: 34547557463     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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