Composition, Production and Procurement of Glass at San Vincenzo al Volturno: An Early Medieval Monastic Complex in Southern Italy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Schibille, Nadine ^a,c   Freestone, Ian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; SODIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; ITALY; MATERIALS; MELTING POINT; TESSERA;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANTIMONY; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COLOR; GLASS; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; ITALY; MANGANESE; OXIDES;

EID: 84885781873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076479     Document Type: Article

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