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UNINA9910460565203321 |
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Glass of the Roman world / / edited by Justine Bayley, Ian Freestone and Caroline Jackson |
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Oxford, [England] ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1-78297-777-5 |
1-78297-775-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Glass - Rome |
Glass manufacture - Rome |
Glassware, Roman |
Glassware industry - Rome |
Material culture - Rome |
Electronic books. |
Rome Antiquities Congresses |
Rome Social life and customs Congresses |
Rome Commerce Congresses |
Rome Economic conditions Congresses |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"These 18 papers by renowned international scholars include studies of glass from Europe and the Near East." |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Acknowledgements; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Jennifer Price and her contribution to the study of Roman glass; Jennifer Price Publications; 1. Primary glass workshops in GraecoRomanEgypt: Preliminary report on the excavations of the site ofBeni Salama,Wadi Natrun (2003, 2005-9); 2. The Hambach glass production in the late Roman period; 3. A Gazetteer of glass working sites in Roman London; 4. Provenance studies and Roman glass; 5. The pontil in the Roman world: A preliminary survey; 6. Composition, technology and production of coloured glasses from Roman mosaic vessels |
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7. Roman glass from East to West8. Mould-blownbeakers with figurative scenes: New data on Narbonensis province; 9. Roman and later glass from the Fezzan; 10. Some exceptional glass vessels from Caesarea Maritima; 11. Glass in the domestic space: Contextual analysis of Late Roman glass assemblages from Ephesus and Petra; 12. A Roman dionysiac cameo glass vase; 13. An unusual mould-blownbeaker from Barzan, southwestFrance; 14. Flat glass from Butrint and its surrounding areas, Albania; 15. Two wooden glazing bars found in Vindonissa (Switzerland) from the collection of the Swiss National Museum |
16. The re-useof Roman glass fragments17. Roman enamels and enamelling; 18. Beyond the Channel! That's quite a different matter. A comparison of Roman black glass from Britannia,Gallia Belgica and Germania Inferior |
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UNINA9910462814503321 |
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Autore |
LaGrandeur Kevin |
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Androids and intelligent networks in early modern literature and culture : artificial slaves / / Kevin LaGrandeur |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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1-283-94231-3 |
0-203-09697-5 |
1-136-22074-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; ; 22 |
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English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism |
Machine theory in literature |
Androids in literature |
Technology and civilization - England - History |
Electronic books. |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Artificial slaves: intelligent tools/ rebellious agents -- Real human automata from the pre-empirical era -- Whole bodies: alchemy, cabala, |
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and the embodiment of force -- Body parts: talking brass heads, dangerous knowledge, and Robert Greene's plays -- Prospero's ethereal prosthesis -- Doctor Faustus: losing control of the servant network -- Points of contact between artificial servants of yesterday and today. |
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This book explores the creation and use of artificially made humanoid servants and servant networks by fictional and non-fictional scientists of the early modern period. Beginning with an investigation of the roots of artificial servants, humanoids, and automata from earlier times, LaGrandeur traces how these literary representations coincide with a surging interest in automata and experimentation, and how they blend with the magical science that preceded the empirical era. In the instances that this book considers, the idea of the artificial factotum is connected with an emotional paradox: |
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