Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval Glass: Ernesto Wolf Collection Book

	Foreword	9
	Acknowledgments	11
	Introduction to the Catalogue	13
	Abbreviations	17
	Glossaries	18
I	The Early Roman Empire (ca. 30 B.C.E to 120 C.E.)
	Introduction	36
	Exploring the Blowpipe (ca. 30 B.C.E. to 50 C.E.)	36
	Introducing the Pontil Technique (mid first century C.E.)	39
	Early Free Blown Glass	39
	Early Mold-blown Glass	41
	Discussion	43
	Vessels Exploring the Blowpipe	43
	Vessels Introducing the Pontil Technique	48
	Early Free Blown Vessels	49
	Early Mold-blown Vessels	51
	Catalogue Nos. 1-55	55
II	The Middle and Late Roman Empire (second through fourth centuries)
	Introduction	130
	Special Techniques	130
	Blown Glass in the West	131
	Blown Glass in the Eastern Mediterranean	132
	Discussion	136
	Vessels Made or Decorated by Special Techniques	136
	Blown Vessels in the West	144
	Blown Vessels in the Eastern Mediterranean	146
	Catalogue Nos. 56-143	155
III	The Early Byzantine Empire (late fourth to mid seventh century)
	Introduction	260
	Late Roman Tradition Continued (late fourth to fifth century)	260
	Early Byzantine Free Blown Glass (fifth to mid seventh century)	261
	Early Byzantine Mold-blown Glass (sixth to mid seventh century)	264
	Discussion	265
	Vessels Blown in Late Roman Tradition	265
	Early Byzantine Free Blown Vessels	268
	Early Byzantine Mold-blown Vessels	274
	Catalogue Nos. 144-187	277
IV	Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (mid fourth to early eighth century)
	Introduction	330
	Migration Period	330
	The Birth of National Glass Industries	331
	Discussion	333
	Southeast European Vessels (mid fourth to early fifth century)	333
	Late Antique Vessels (late fourth to mid fifth century)	333
	Frankish Vessels (late fifth to early/mid eighth century)	335
	Sasanian Vessels (late fifth to early seventh century)	337
	Early Islamic Ummayad Vessels (seventh to early eighth century)	338
	Catalogue Nos. 188-201	339
V	Objects (first to seventh century; with addenda to Early Glass of the Ancient World)
	Introduction	356
	Discussion	357
	Objects of Personal Adornment	357
	Instrumenta Domestica	365
	Catalogue Nos. 202-229	367
	App.: Notes on Chapters I-V	400
	App.: Bibliography and Short Titles	412
	Index	420