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... GLASS It is not certain in which of the civilizations of the ancient Near East glass was first made . The earliest wholly glass objects from Egypt are beads dating from some time after c . 2500 BC . A green glass rod found at Eshnunna ...
... GLASS It is not certain in which of the civilizations of the ancient Near East glass was first made . The earliest wholly glass objects from Egypt are beads dating from some time after c . 2500 BC . A green glass rod found at Eshnunna ...
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... glass , and the process of fire polishing was being used to give a surface almost as smooth as that of blown glass . During the succeeding decades pressed- glass designs became increasingly complicated . This ten- dency was accentuated ...
... glass , and the process of fire polishing was being used to give a surface almost as smooth as that of blown glass . During the succeeding decades pressed- glass designs became increasingly complicated . This ten- dency was accentuated ...
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... glass . DAVID EVANS , A Bibliography of Stained Glass ( 1982 ) , is also recommended . Stained - glass techniques are discussed in Theophilus ( ruG- ERUS ) , Diversarum Artium Schedula ( 1847 ; Eng . trans . 1963 ) , the earliest ...
... glass . DAVID EVANS , A Bibliography of Stained Glass ( 1982 ) , is also recommended . Stained - glass techniques are discussed in Theophilus ( ruG- ERUS ) , Diversarum Artium Schedula ( 1847 ; Eng . trans . 1963 ) , the earliest ...
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