Wight, Karol, 1958-

Molten color : glassmaking in antiquity / Karol B. Wight. - Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, c2011. - viii, 136 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 128) and index.

What is glass? -- The birth of glass: Mesopotamia and Egypt -- Glass in the Mediterranean world -- The discovery of inflating glass -- Glass in the Roman world -- . Glass in the later empire: regional distinctions -- How was glass used? -- Glossary of glass terms.

9781606060537 (pbk.) 1606060538 (pbk.)


Glass manufacture--History.
Glassware, Ancient.

748.2 / WIG 2011