Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 389
ally cast in moulds,and many of them areof high value as worksof art. (Fig. 298). The Romans madewindow glass of smallsquares or oblongs,which was manufac-tured by rolling it on aplate. In the early Christianperiod gold leaf wasused as a means of decoration on glass : sometimes thegold was annealed… … iig. 2j8.—Roman (ilass Tablet in relief.(S.K. M.) GLASS. 371 and formed the decoration of glass dishes and bowls, thebroken remains of which have been found in the Christiantombs of the Roman Catacombs. Though extensive glass works are known to haveexisted at Constantinople and at Thessalonica…
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