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Glass, Wax and Metal: Lighting Technologies in Late Antique, Byzantine and Medieval Times (Paperback)
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Glass, Wax and Metal: Lighting Technologies in Late Antique, Byzantine and Medieval Times (Paperback)
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Presenting papers from two International Lychnological Association
(ILA) Round Tables, this volume provides an extensive look at the
technological development of lighting and lighting devices during
Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in Western Europe and Byzantium.
A time of major economic, geopolitical and social changes, there
were also radical modifications in lighting devices, as terracotta
mold-made lamps, very common throughout the earlier days of the
Roman Empire, were replaced by devices that used glass containers
to hold oil, candles made of beeswax, and metals to create a wide
variety of holders for the newer glass lamp vessels and candles.
Discussions included such diverse subjects as lighting devices used
in medieval times in Scandinavian mines, the Byzantine use of light
for long-distance signaling, castle illumination, polykandela
designs and the spiritual significance of light. The scholars used
as their source material not only artifacts from museums and
excavated contexts, but also written sources and depictions of
lighting devices on mosaics, frescos, icons, textiles and
manuscripts to help complete their notions about lighting in these
eras. The majority of the twenty-nine papers published in this
volume were presented at the third International Round Table under
the title 'Dark Ages? History and archaeology of lighting devices
in Continental Europe, from late Antiquity to late Medieval Ages'
in Olten, Switzerland in September 2007 and at the fourth
International Round Table under the title 'Lighting in Byzantium'
in Thessaloniki, Greece in October 2011. In many cases the length
of each paper is a clear reflection of how little or well-studied
the presented topic is. A few discussions on some artifacts dated
after 1500 AD are included because they represent and reflect the
technological evolution of lighting related to the Middle Ages.
Both ILA Round Tables considered the use of lighting devices in
everyday and ecclesiastical life and discussed their many aspects,
including their terminology, typology, chronology, manufacturing
techniques, and symbolic functions. The great breadth of lighting
technologies available in those 'Dark Ages' becomes apparent
through the diversity of the discussions, which reflect the great
variety of materials used to create lighting devices.
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