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Roman glass... Another surprise
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06-26-2004, 11:48 AM
Found this in the Trib this morning. Check it out...www.iht.com/articles/526628.html <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=antoninuslucretius@romanarmytalk>Antoninus Lucretius</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://lucretius.homestead.com/files/Cesar_triste.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 6/26/04 1:50 pm<br></i>
06-27-2004, 02:19 PM
Where is exactly the surprise?<br>
It is only that I investigate Roman glass and I'm curious about it...<br> <br> Pijus Magnificus <p></p><i></i>
It\'s all an accident, an accident of hands. Mine, others, all without mind, from one extreme to another, but neither works nor will ever.
Rolf Steiner
06-27-2004, 03:45 PM
Well, the surprise is that a read often that if the romans knew glass they didn't know how to make glass panels.<br>
Apparently they did.<br> ..In the same vein: the legends of the roman horse harness strangling the horse and the roman four wheels carts having no pivoting front wheels.<br> Not to mention Nero burning Rome, and so on.. <p></p><i></i>
06-28-2004, 07:08 AM
Ah, that!<br>
I was more fortunate than you, I saw my first Roman glass panel fragments when I was fiveteen (A long time ago... ) They appear to be linked mostly with bath houses. The strangest thing I've seen are slightly domed round glass panels, supposedly for 'caldaria' vaults...<br> No idea about that unbreakable glass !<br> <br> Pijus Magnificus <p></p><i></i>
It\'s all an accident, an accident of hands. Mine, others, all without mind, from one extreme to another, but neither works nor will ever.
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