Customer Reviews

Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval Glass: Ernesto Wolf Collection

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This is a large "10x11" sized book, around 200 pages, with over 200 lovely color plates and other illustrations. In fact, that's what most of this book is- a large color plate with history, description and excellent notes. Each is a masterwork in of itself- both the original glass piece and the photo with the well written descriptions and notes.

Each plate could almost be framed, they are that nice. The photos are usually about 4"x6" leaving room for the text. Each plate represents one item in the Wolf collection.

The tome starts out with a comprehensive glossary. The author starts about 30BCE, and each chapter has about a 20 page intro, covering the history and types found in that era and area.We then have around 50 plates per chapter, as described above.

The book ends around the 8th Century. Besides Roman, Byzantine and Early medieval, the author also covers early Islamic Ummayad vessels, some Palestinian and other associated areas and eras of the main period and geographical areas.

Of course, most of the book is on vessels- beakers, bowls, urns, jugs, etc. However, there is a nice section on objects of personal adornment- ring stones, seals and especially beads.

This book is perfect for any person who loves this period or loves glass. Artists, collectors or historians.

The book itself was in perfect condition, 'new' as described by the seller. However, the dust jacket was badly smudged in a very visible spot on the front cover and since I purchased the item as a gift, it was unsuitable for the intended purpose. Nevertheless, the seller was very responsive upon receiving my complaint and sent a new dust jacket right away in a tube mailer. It arrived in perfect condition and despite the delay, all worked out well. I would use them again - it was a very good price for the product.

Excellent coverage of the collection. Combines extremely nice pictures with excellent background information.