Volume 38 / Number 2
1996
Special Edition: Glass in the Roman World
On The Cover: Four examples of Roman glass in the collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum Photo by H. Leedom Lefferts, Jr.
Vol. 38 / No. 2
By: Stuart J. Fleming
Early Imperial Roman Glass at the University of Pennsylvania Museum
Five years ago, when the ideas underlying the forthcoming exhibition Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change were still in embryo, […]
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Vol. 38 / No. 2
By: John Scarborough
Drugs and Medicines in the Roman World
The doctor stepped softly out of the sickroom, where Licinius was breathing his last. Rattling, rasping, wheezing, gasping for air, […]
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By: Hilary E. M. Cool
The Boudican Uprising and the Glass Vessels from Colchester
In AD 60 the town of Colchester, about 85 kilometers northeast of London (Fig. 2), was burnt to the ground […]
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By: Jeremy A. Sabloff
Musings and Visions from the Director’s Desk – Summer 1996
It is a great privilege and honor for me to be the eleventh Director (and the second Charles K. Williams […]
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Vol. 38 / No. 2
By: Lee Horne
Glass in the Roman World
In the fall of 1997, more than 180 Roman glass vessels from the University of Pennsylvania Museum will be placed […]
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By: David Whitehouse
Glass, Gold, and Gold-Glasses
Gold-glasses—objects with gold foil ornament sandwiched between two fused layers of glass—were the first category of Roman glass to attract […]
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