Reflections on the beginnings of ancient Russian glassmaking

• Published in: Archeologia Polski Vol. 68
• Main Author: Dekówna, Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; German
• Published: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences 27.12.2023
• Subjects: early medieval Rus; glassmaking; provenience of PbO•SiO2 and PbO•K2O•SiO2 recipes

The origin of non-alkaline lead-silica (PbO•SiO2) and lead-potassium-silica(PbO•K2O•SiO2) glass-forming technologies, which many Russian researchers believe to be typical ofancient Russian glassmaking and attesting to independent glassmaking in early 11th c. Rus’, is discussedin this paper, limited...