11851

Editor

Strong, Donald; Brown, David

Title Of Journal Book

Roman crafts

Collation

256 p. : ill., 6 pl., 28 cm

Publisher

Duckworth

Publisher City

London

ISBN

0-7156-0781-2

Language Of Text

English

Literature Type

Monograph

Literature Level

Monographic

Abstract

Eighteen authors describe how Roman artifacts were made. The coverage of objects is comprehensive, but small errors are pointed out by the reviewer. There are sections on silver, enamelling, jewellery, minting, clay, glass, iron making, woodworking, textiles, leather, sculpture, stucco, wall and floor mosaics.

Keywords

Silver, history; enamel, history; enamel, technique; bronze, casting; tin, history; tin, pewter; bronze, technology working; bronze, history; silver, technology smithing; jewellery, history; textile, weaving; wood, working technique; iron, metallurgy; iron, technology working; glass, technology; glass, history; ceramic, terracotta technology; coin, minting; leather, working technology; mosaic, history; mosaic, technique; mural painting, history; mural painting, technique; stucco, technology working; sculpture, stone; stone, marble -- ICCROM

pub_id

11851