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Containers > Drinking vessels > Hedwig glasses

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Hedwig glasses  

Definition

  • Glass beaker-shaped vessels, boldly cut in cameo relief, 10th-12th cs.?; so-called because 2 of the 12 known surviving examples supposedly belonged to S. Hedwig; formerly thought to be Egyptian or Persian; similar fragments found in Russia

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  • 111718

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-C19BRNF2-2

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