Modeling of Bohemian and Moravian glass recipes from Gothic to Baroque periods
Abstract The Bohemian historical glasses have been neglected and have not been in focus of Archaeometric studies so far. Potassium-calcium wood ash glasses, produced in Bohemia and Moravia, from the beginning of the 14th century to the first half of the 18th century, are chemically different from th...
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| description | Abstract The Bohemian historical glasses have been neglected and have not been in focus of Archaeometric studies so far. Potassium-calcium wood ash glasses, produced in Bohemia and Moravia, from the beginning of the 14th century to the first half of the 18th century, are chemically different from the glasses produced in the same period in Western Europe. There are no written sources for glass batch recipes for Gothic (14th–1st half of 16th c.) and Renaissance (16th–17th c.) glass, while there are only few for the Baroque (end of 17th–18th c.) glass recipes. Systematically investigating the chemical composition and typology of archaeological glasses, we have chosen to reconstruct the glass recipes of potassium-calcium glasses from the three periods. In this study, the glass recipes (the ratio of the raw materials) were calculated based on the chemical composition of the historical glasses studied by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive System (SEM/EDS). The composition of the authentic natural raw materials was studied by XRF and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD): sand or quartz pebbles, beech ash and potash, limestone, NaCl, and As2O3. Model glasses confirmed our presumption of gradual development in the Bohemian glass batch recipes, which used very simple raw materials ratios. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-62001a41f75b45308e7a04f735a281d32022-12-22T00:18:44ZengSpringerOpenHeritage Science2050-74452020-11-018111210.1186/s40494-020-00459-zModeling of Bohemian and Moravian glass recipes from Gothic to Baroque periodsKarolína Pánová0Dana Rohanová1Simona Randáková2Department of Glass and Ceramics, University of Chemistry and Technology in PragueDepartment of Glass and Ceramics, University of Chemistry and Technology in PragueLaboratory of X-Ray Diffractometry and Spectrometry, University of Chemistry and Technology in PragueAbstract The Bohemian historical glasses have been neglected and have not been in focus of Archaeometric studies so far. Potassium-calcium wood ash glasses, produced in Bohemia and Moravia, from the beginning of the 14th century to the first half of the 18th century, are chemically different from the glasses produced in the same period in Western Europe. There are no written sources for glass batch recipes for Gothic (14th–1st half of 16th c.) and Renaissance (16th–17th c.) glass, while there are only few for the Baroque (end of 17th–18th c.) glass recipes. Systematically investigating the chemical composition and typology of archaeological glasses, we have chosen to reconstruct the glass recipes of potassium-calcium glasses from the three periods. In this study, the glass recipes (the ratio of the raw materials) were calculated based on the chemical composition of the historical glasses studied by X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive System (SEM/EDS). The composition of the authentic natural raw materials was studied by XRF and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD): sand or quartz pebbles, beech ash and potash, limestone, NaCl, and As2O3. Model glasses confirmed our presumption of gradual development in the Bohemian glass batch recipes, which used very simple raw materials ratios.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40494-020-00459-zArchaeometryHistorical glassGlass recipesX-ray spectroscopyChemical composition of glass |
| spellingShingle | Karolína Pánová Dana Rohanová Simona Randáková Modeling of Bohemian and Moravian glass recipes from Gothic to Baroque periods Heritage Science Archaeometry Historical glass Glass recipes X-ray spectroscopy Chemical composition of glass |
| title | Modeling of Bohemian and Moravian glass recipes from Gothic to Baroque periods |
| title_full | Modeling of Bohemian and Moravian glass recipes from Gothic to Baroque periods |
| title_fullStr | Modeling of Bohemian and Moravian glass recipes from Gothic to Baroque periods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modeling of Bohemian and Moravian glass recipes from Gothic to Baroque periods |
| title_short | Modeling of Bohemian and Moravian glass recipes from Gothic to Baroque periods |
| title_sort | modeling of bohemian and moravian glass recipes from gothic to baroque periods |
| topic | Archaeometry Historical glass Glass recipes X-ray spectroscopy Chemical composition of glass |
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