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François Mathis
Les vitraux alto-médiévaux de Stavelot (Belgique)
Cet article a pour sujet les vitraux alto-medievaux du monastere de Stavelot. Le nombre tres important de fragments, la grande surface de verre representee et leur qualite de conservation font de Stavelot un site exceptionnel pour l’etude des verres anciens, en particulier ceux du haut Moyen Âge qui restent encore peu connus. Outre leur interet pour l’histoire du site et sa comprehension, ces artefacts nous offrent la possibilite d’aborder d’une part l’histoire du vitrail et d’autre part l’histoire des techniques verrieres. L’etude archeologique permet de quantifier et de caracteriser les fragments (formes, couleurs, techniques de fabrication). Les analyses en PIXE-PIGE nous donnent leurs c…
The Glass Tiles from Saint-Sauveur ( Burgundy, France)
International audience; Eight glass tiles from Saint-Sauveur in Burgundy, which are considered to be of early medieval date, were investigated. These tiles, which are in a good state of preservation, are 10 centimeters square and nearly two centimeters thick. They are made of dark glass with red and white glass inlays. These glass tiles have often been compared with those from the early medieval monastery of Corvey in Germany. However, because they lack an archaeological context, their date is uncertain.PIXE-PIGE and LA-ICP-MS analyses revealed a wood-ash glass composition, close to that of High Lime Low Alkali (HLLA) glass dating from the 14th century and later. The authors’ trace analyses…