Analysis of gold-colored ruby glass tesserae in Roman church mosaics of the fourth to 12th centuries

Journal of Glass Studies

Volumn 52, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Verità, Marco ^a   Santopadre, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione e Il Restauro pza S   (Italy)

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