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Roman Window Glass: an Approach to Its Study Through Iconography LVCENTVM, XXXVI, 2017, 159-176. ISSN: 0213-2338 | ISSN-e: 1989-9904 DOI: 10.14198/LVCENTVM2017.36.10 Como citar este artículo / How to cite this article: Velo-Gala, A. y Garriguet Mata, J. A. (2017). Roman window glass: an approach to its study through iconography. Lucentum, XXXVI, 159-176. http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/LVCENTVM2017.36.10 ROMAN WINDOW GLASS: AN APPROACH TO ITS STUDY THROUGH ICONOGRAPHY VIDRIO ROMANO DE VENTANA: UNA APROXIMACIÓN A SU ESTUDIO A TRAVÉS DE LA ICONOGRAFÍA ALMUDENA VELO-GALA Universidad de Granada [email protected] http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9491-473X JOSÉ A. GARRIGUET MATA Universidad de Córdoba [email protected] http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8363-7274 Recepción: 25-04-2017 Aceptación: 29-08-2017 Abstract Resumen Despite the fact that iconographic studies are recognized A pesar de que los estudios iconográficos son conside- as an important tool for understanding antiquity, there are rados una herramienta importante para el conocimiento few references of Roman window glass among scholars del pasado, existen escasas alusiones en relación con el in this field. This paper, which analyses images in reliefs, vidrio romano de ventana en las publicaciones referentes mosaics and wall paintings, shows how representations a esta temática. En este artículo, en el cual se procede al of window glass are more common than hitherto argued. análisis de imágenes en relieves, mosaicos y pinturas mu- The data from these analyses provides important infor- rales, se demuestra cómo las representaciones de vidrio mation about the chronology, use and availability of this de ventana de época romana son más frecuentes de lo type of material, adding to the small body of knowledge expuesto hasta el momento. Los datos arrojados por este regarding an object little understood in scholarly circles, análisis han proporcionado una importante información even though windows are believed to be one of the most sobre la cronología, el uso y la instalación de este tipo de widespread applications of glass in the Roman era. material, permitiendo indagar más sobre un objeto poco primera conocido entre los investigadores y que ha sido conside- Key words. Roman window glass; Roman glass; Roman rado como una de las grandes aplicaciones de este mate- art; Roman architecture; iconography. rial durante el periodo romano. Palabras clave. Vidrio romano de ventana; vidrio roma- no; arte romano; arquitectura romana; iconografía. Copyright: © 2017 Almudena Velo-Gala y José A. Garriguet Mata. Esto es un documento open access distribuido bajo los términos de la licencia Creative Commons (CC BY-NC). Se permite la generación de obras derivadas siempre que no se haga uso comercial. Tampoco se puede utilizar la obra original con finalidades comerciales. 160 ALMUDENA VELO-GALA Y JOSÉ A. GARRIGUET MATA 1. INTRODUCTION1 Epigr. XIV, 61-62; Plauto, Amphitruo 1, 340). The plant fibers were also used for the production of mats Beginning in the first century AD, the number of rep- (Forbes, 1966: 184). However, among organic materi- resentations of glass objects in Roman art grew no- als, wood was the most used for the manufacture of tably. This was not merely coincidental and was to a shutters, which were fixed on one or more lateral axes large extent due to the standardization of this mate- (Chipiez, 1877-1919: 1038), as evidenced the numer- rial thanks to advances in manufacturing technology ous remains documented in the cities of the Vesuvian with the invention of glass blowing in the mid-first area. century BC (Vigil, 1969: 85; Stern, 1999). The preci- Most of these elements were commonly used in sion of detail in many of the implements represented houses and architectures due to their lower cost and indicates that Roman society was quite knowledgeable their easy manufacture (Forbes, 1966: 184-185; Foy about this material and, specifically, that artists were & Fontaine, 2008). Nevertheless, people needed to familiar with these objects (Ortiz Palomar, 2001b: remove them to obtain a correct illumination of inter- 64). Indeed, there is archaeological documentation for nal spaces and most of them were not appropriated to many of these pieces, although for a small number of cover big openings (Foy & Fontaine, 2008: 444). On the glass objects represented there is no documentary the other hand, there were other mineral constituents corroboration, possibly because they sprang from the that, as well as glass, allowed the input light through artists’ imaginations or simply because no example them, such as marbles, alabaster, muscovites, etc. of the objects has been found as of yet (Naumann- (Forbes, 1966: 184; Fuentes, 2001: 138; Foy & Fon- Steckner, 1991: 87-88). However, the main problem taine, 2008: 444). Due to its physicochemical charac- lies in identifying whether many of these depictions teristics, specular gypsum or lapis specularis became represent glass containers or, on the contrary, objects one of the most important minerals with this utility made of some different material. In those cases where and was a real alternative to glass (Bernárdez Gómez the object does not emit a sense of transparency –a & Guisado di Monti, 2004). However, glass ended up clear indicator of glass– it cannot be reliably identi- relegating to the background to this class of materi- fied by its form alone, since the same shapes can also als possibly for economic and manufacturing reasons be reproduced in pottery or metal (Naumann-Steckner, (Fuentes, 2001: 139). 1991; Stern, 2004: 37). These translucent materials were used for allow- Between references to this subject in studies of Ro- ing natural lighting of internal spaces and avoiding the man glass, there is a glass typology that there are no bad weather but, since they were more expensive, they mentions: window glass (Naumann-Steckner, 1991; also provided beauty and prestige to the architectures Sabrié & Sabrié, 1992). Foy and Fontaine, in their in which they were installed (Vipard, 2009: 9). studies about this kind of glass, argue that the oldest Finally, most of windows outside and at accessi- representation of window glass is found in an image in ble heights were cover by bars or shutters (clathri) to a fourth-century AD wall painting that shows Samson prevent the theft. These elements were done with both being pursued by the Philistines in the catacombs of geometric and plant designs and were carried out in the Via Latina in Rome (Foy & Fontaine, 2008: 437). several types of material: wood, bronze, iron, stone or This indication was done due to they believe that `only terracotta (Adam, 1996: 333). Some findings would the presence of blue in paintings or mosaics truly re- indicate that both systems, glass panes preceded by flects the representation of translucent or transparent protection bars, were used in some buildings in the glass´ (Foy & Fontaine, 2008: 437). Certainly, the ancient city of Zeugma (Fontaine & Foy, 2005: note bluish-green colour is a characteristic common to this 40). type of glass. These hues are known as natural glass The analysis of the possible representations of win- colour and they are caused by the presence of iron ox- dow glass in different iconographic sources in this pa- ides into the glass raw materials (vitrified sands) as per was done via an exhaustive review of those images impurities (Price & Cottam, 1998: 15). that, because of their size and subject matter, may con- This study focuses on the window glass due to the tain this type of object in their composition. Although limited knowledge that, in general, there is about these no less important, images in which it is not possible materials. Nevertheless, we have to note that it was not –because of their size– to distinguish the character- the only one used to covering window openings during istic elements needed to correctly identify panes of the Roman period. Organic materials, like parchment, glass in openings are not included. These comprise antlers, animal bladders, etc., were use to cover little numismatic objects and images, whether bas-reliefs or spaces as the classical sources mentioned (Martial, paintings, that decorate small artefacts. Moreover, be- cause of the large number of iconographic examples, it is possible of course that this study does not cover 1. We would like to thank Dr Manuel García-Heras (Institute every extant sample. In that case, it is hoped that the of History, CSIC, Madrid) and Prof. Margarita Orfila Pons guidelines established here can be used to detect this (Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of type of material in representations that have not been Granada) for their amendments and suggestions. consulted. LVCENTVM, XXXVI, 2017, 159-176. DOI: 10.14198/LVCENTVM2017.36.10 ROMAN WINDOW GLASS: AN APPROACH TO ITS STUDY THROUGH ICONOGRAPHY 161 Despite of the blue-green colour of these glasses be lost because of exposure to environmental agents have been the most important premise to identify win- during the operational lifetime of the object or to the dow glass in this work, we can not discount that our conditions under which it was abandoned, buried and references could be other minerals used like glass in subsequently discovered. windows. The absence of pigmentation poses a challenge The results of this study have allowed us to know when identifying representations of glass objects in more about the use, disposal and importance of this general. Given that, as noted above, most archaeologi- kind of material in the architecture of the Roman peri- cally documented types of glass are copies of models od, which, unfortunately, nowadays only few remains, made from other materials, it is difficult to discern the most of them in the Vesubian area, are preserved to material being portrayed in representations of objects. investigate these issues. For these reasons, the analysis of reliefs and bas-reliefs in this study focuses on identifying installation sys- tems of glass panels in openings of architectures that 2.
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