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dc.contributor.authorFontaine-Hodiamont, Chantal
dc.contributor.authorDe Poorter, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorWouters, Héléna
dc.contributor.authorLigovich, Gaia
dc.contributor.editorThe Corning Museum of Glass
dc.coverage.spatialBelgium, Brussels,en_US
dc.coverage.temporalsixth to the early seventh centuryen_US
dc.date2013
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-26T09:23:47Z
dc.date.available2023-07-26T09:23:47Z
dc.identifier.issn0075-4250
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/11040
dc.descriptionA happy set of circumstances led to the acquisition in 2010 of a whole drinking horn from the Merovingian period by the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels (inv. B005829-001). Discovered during old excavations, this horn may originate from the cemetery of the Brussels borough of Anderlecht. It is translucent olive-yellow in colour, heightened by a bluish green lattice-work and three arches of the same hue. The horn is very large in size and has a simple shape. It is typologically related to Lombardic drinking horns with lattice-work, although there are some distinct differences. Nonetheless, it is possible that the vessel was locally produced, as we will demonstrate. According to our present knowledge, we would date the horn from the sixth to the early seventh century. A chemical analysis of the bluish green glass identified a natron soda-lime composition, which confirms that the horn was produced in Antiquity.en_US
dc.languagefraen_US
dc.publisherThe Corning Museum of Glassen_US
dc.titleUne corne à boire en verre, de « type lombard », aux Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Bruxellesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.frascatiHistory and Archaeologyen_US
dc.audienceScientificen_US
dc.subject.freeMerovingian, cematary, excavationsen_US
dc.source.titleJournal of Glass Studiesen_US
dc.source.volume55en_US
dc.source.page52-69en_US
Orfeo.peerreviewedNoen_US


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