Venice’s Medieval Glass Industry Examined - Archaeology Magazine

Venice’s Medieval Glass Industry Examined - Archaeology Magazine

Early medieval glass chalice VENICE, ITALY—According to a statement released by Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Margherita Ferri of Ca’ Foscari University, Elisabetta Gliozzo of the University of Florence, and Eleonora Braschi of Italy’s National Research Council analyzed glass fragments, waste from glass production, and a steatite crucible unearthed at the site of San Pietro di Castello on the island of Olivolo. All of the objects were dated f…