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Glass in Rome during the transition from late antiquity to the early Middle Ages: materials from the Forum of Caesar by Boschetti, Cristina, Kindberg Jacobsen, Jan, Parisi Presicce, Claudio, Raja, Rubina, Schibille, Nadine, Vitti, Massimo

“…Base glasses from the eastern Mediterranean which circulated in Rome between the fifth and tenth centuries bear witness to the persistence of long-distance…”
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The Color Palette of the Mosaics in the Roman Villa of Noheda (Spain) by Nadine Schibille, Cristina Boschetti, Miguel Ángel Valero Tévar, Emmanuel Veron, Jorge de Juan Ares

“…Excavations at the Roman villa of Noheda (Spain) revealed the remains of an exceptionally elaborate fourth-century floor mosaic that contains a surprisingly…”
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Preliminary Thermal Investigations of Calcium Antimonate Opacified White Glass Tesserae by Boschetti, Cristina, Leonelli, Cristina, Rosa, Roberto, Romagnoli, Marcello, Valero Tévar, Miguel Ángel, Schibille, Nadine

“…Calcium antimonate (in the hexagonal or cubic form) dispersed in the glass matrix is an artificially synthesized phase commonly documented as opacifier for…”
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Working glass in Ptolemaic Egypt, a new evidence from Denderah by Boschetti, Cristina

“…The current knowledge of both glass-making and glass-working in Ptolemaic Egypt is very poor. Excavations and surface surveys conducted in the region of…”
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Glass working and recycling in Pompeii: new evidence from the landfill of the Sarno Baths (VIII 2, 17–23) by Boschetti, Cristina, Furlan, Guido, Schibille, Nadine, Raja, Rubina, Bonetto, Jacopo

“…Forty-six glass finds, including vessel fragments, windows, one inlay and one indicator of production (moil) excavated in the dump of the Sarno Baths in…”
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COMMERCIAL AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF GLASS BEADS IN MIGRATION‐PERIOD ITALY: THE CEMETERY OF CAMPO MARCHIONE by Boschetti, Cristina, Gratuze, Bernard, Schibille, Nadine

“…Summary Migration‐period glass beads from Italy are an overlooked source of evidence. This investigation discusses the provenance, economic value and social…”
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Evidence of glass bead‐making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula by Boschetti, Cristina, de Juan Ares, Jorge, Gilotte, Sophie, Guerrot, Catherine, Schibille, Nadine

“…Glass beads from two Islamic archaeological sites in the Tagus valley in central Spain were selected and analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma…”
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Integrated methods for reconstructing the decoration and production process of the frigidarium wall-paintings, at the Sarno Baths, Pompeii by Salvadori, Monica, Boschetti, Cristina, Baronio, Paolo, Sbrolli, Clelia

“…•The naked-eye observation of decorations identified a high-quality and complex work.•The process of making paintings and plasterworks was reconstructed.•The…”
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Vitreous Materials in Early Mosaics in Italy: Faience, Egyptian Blue, and Glass by Boschetti, Cristina

“…The Italian peninsula is of great significance for the occurrence of mosaics with vitreous materials, but the history of glass in Roman mosaics has never been…”
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Mosaic tesserae from Italy and the production of Mediterranean coloured glass (4th century BCE–4th century CE). Part II: Isotopic provenance by Boschetti, Cristina, Henderson, Julian, Evans, Jane

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Loose glass tesserae and lost decorations: chronology and production of mosaics from Gerasa's Northwest Quarter by Boschetti, C., Lichtenberger, A., Raja, R., Wootton, W., Schibille, N.

“…Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) analyses of loose glass tesserae from the Northwest Quarter of Gerasa/Jerash has…”
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Glass Coloring and Recycling in Late Antiquity: A New Case Study from Aquileia (Italy) by Boschetti, Cristina, Mantovani, Valentina, Leonelli, Cristina

“…Aquileia is widely cited as a major Roman glassworking center, but this assumption is based on scarce archaeological evidence and supported by only a few…”
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Disease control and the disposal of infectious materials in Renaissance Rome: excavations in the area of Caesar's Forum by Boschetti, Cristina, di Siena, Laura, Jacobsen, Jan Kindberg, Mittica, Gloria, Murro, Giovanni, Parisi Presicce, Claudio, Raja, Rubina, Vitti, Massimo

“…Excavations in Rome have long focused on the early city; only recently has attention turned to the archaeology of the medieval and later periods. Here, the…”
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Mosaic tesserae from Italy and the production of Mediterranean coloured glass (4rd century BCE–4th century CE). Part I: Chemical composition and technology by Boschetti, Cristina, Henderson, Julian, Evans, Jane, Leonelli, Cristina

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Raman characterization of painted mortar in Republican Roman mosaics by Boschetti, Cristina, Corradi, Anna, Baraldi, Pietro

“…In several Italian archaeological sites, the presence of the so‐called emblemata has been attested to the Republican Roman Age (2nd to 1st century B.C.). They…”
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Glass Coloring and Recycling in Late Antiquity: A New Cast Study from Aquileia (Italy) by Boschetti, Cristina, Mantovani, Valentina, Leonelli, Cristina

“…Aquileia is widely cited as a major Roman glass-working center, but this assumption is based on scarce archeological evidence and supported by only a few…”
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Calibration and Use of the Heating Microscope for Indirect Evaluation of the Viscosity and Meltability of Archeological Glasses by Montanari, Francesco, Miselli, Paola, Leonelli, Cristina, Boschetti, Cristina, Henderson, Julian, Baraldi, Pietro

“…The heating microscope is a widely used instrument in many industrial applications, especially in the ceramic field, to obtain information on the sintering…”
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Early evidences of vitreous materials in Roman mosaics from Italy: An archaeological and archaeometric integrated study by Boschetti, Cristina, Leonelli, Cristina, Macchiarola, Michele, Veronesi, Paolo, Corradi, Anna, Sada, Cinzia

“…This work displays the lines of a project about vitreous materials used in Roman Republican Age opus vermiculatum mosaics from Italy. This mosaic technique,…”
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Glass-working evidences at Dürres, Albania: An archaeological and archaeometric study by Boschetti, Cristina, Leonelli, Cristina, Corradi, Anna, Iacumin, Paola, Martini, Marco, Sibilia, Emanuela, Santoro, Sara, Sassi, Barbara

“…For the first time an archaeological and archaeometric work presents the discovery of glass-working evidences in the area of Dürres Roman Amphitheatre in…”
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APPLICATION OF HEATING MICROSCOPY ON SINTERING AND MELTING BEHAVIOUR OF NATURAL SANDS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST by Montanari, F, Boschetti, C, Miselli, P, Hanuskova, M, Baraldi, P, Leonelli, C

“…In antiquity, beach sand was one of the main raw materials for glassmaking and for the production of other vitreous materials, like Egyptian blue and faience…”
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