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Jun 15, 2023 · Archaeological evidence and documentary sources show that during the 13th century a glassmaking industry developed in England in the Weald on the Surrey-Sussex border, and in the 14th century in Staffordshire. These areas had a local source of the main raw materials used in medieval glassmaking, basically, sand to form the glass and wood both ...
Jan 7, 2021 · Feature. Glass roots: examining the archaeology of glassmaking in England. Today, glass is a commodity so ubiquitous and cheap that we take it for granted, but it wasn’t always so. A new book by David Dungworth traces the rise of glass from small-scale manufacturing in the medieval period to the major industrial production of the 20th century.
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A typical 4mm-thick glass has a typical U-value of 5.4W/m2K. The thermal loss through a single-glazed window will depend on the total area of glass, the conductance of the frame material and the quality of the fit of the framing and glazing materials. A typical value of a timber framed single glazed window is 4.8W/m2K.
This document provides guidance on identifying, investigating and interpreting the archaeological remains of past glassworking. This includes an overview of the types of glass used in Britain from the Bronze Age to the early 20th century, and how the raw materials, processes and products changed overtime. The guidance summarises how documentary ...
Jan 19, 2023 · Paper windows were popular in ancient China, Korea, and Japan, but the Romans were the first to use glass for windows around 100 AD. Animal horn was used in England prior to the introduction of glass in the early 17th century. Glass was used to create frames, but timber was used to create windows. A Bygone Era Of Simple Elegance: Windows Of The ...
Jan 5, 2017 · In England pre 16th century, most windows were of stone or timber construction with unglazed openings that could be covered in various ways: oiled cloth, paper, shutters, or even thin sheets of horn. Glazed windows were reserved for those buildings of the highest stature, and they were generally small panes of glass set in lead strip latticework.
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1399 – 1484 AD, the Late Middle Ages, introduced Perpendicular Gothic and the Baroque styles, both highly decorative and intricate styles. They are distinctive from earlier windows in the form of the arches at the top. Early gothic arches were ‘two centred’ tall arches whereas the later perpendicular form has a low ‘four centred’ arch.
