Glass story
The history of glass is much older than the history of humanity, and yet it was the man who started using this wonderful present from nature, and made it an everyday tool.
The History of glass began with the use of the glass-mineral (obsidian). The volcanic origin obsidian is a black colored mineral with conchoidal fracture, that were used by the prehistoric man as blades or arrow-heads.
Glass-making is the achievement of humans living in society.
The glass-art of the ancient eastern civilizations was brought to medieval Europe through the Greeks and the Romans, then through the routes of "world trade" it was carried all around the world. As glass making was considered a trade of high values, and only a few craftsmen knew the technology, we can bravely claim that glass and its making is one of the measures of culture.
The first material finding relating to glass-making originates from Egypt, from the 5th millenium B.C.. The composition of the black glass bead found by archeologists is equivalent to the composition of today's glass, but this ancient relic is non-transparent. The modern glass-making technology of the modern man had been developed through thousands of years. Today this technology is suitable for satisfying the needs of masses, glass is being made in a wide range of forms and colors styles etc. and in high quality.
Here follow some milestones of the development of glass and technology:
5th. millenium B.C. - First glass relic from Egypt
5th. millenium B.C. - glass jugs from Egypt, glass mosaic finding
1st century B.C. - Rome is the center of glass-production (architectural use, glass windows, bronze-framed round glass plate.)
• Glass findings from Pannonia from the Roman age
340 A.D. Byzantium continues Roman traditions (church glasses, sepulchral urns, bubble glass)
7th century - glass disk made by the crown method from Syria. ( the size of the disk made with glass-blowing pipe can reach up to 1m in diameter.)
10th century - in Europe glass-making is revived in the Venetian Republic through Arabian intermediaries
13th century - glass-guilds manufacture their ornamental glasses with secret technology in Murano of Venetia. (Muranian mirror)
• In Hungary, glass had been used from the 13th century for church constructions. Private use start to spread only from the 19th century
The History of glass began with the use of the glass-mineral (obsidian). The volcanic origin obsidian is a black colored mineral with conchoidal fracture, that were used by the prehistoric man as blades or arrow-heads.
Glass-making is the achievement of humans living in society.
The glass-art of the ancient eastern civilizations was brought to medieval Europe through the Greeks and the Romans, then through the routes of "world trade" it was carried all around the world. As glass making was considered a trade of high values, and only a few craftsmen knew the technology, we can bravely claim that glass and its making is one of the measures of culture.
The first material finding relating to glass-making originates from Egypt, from the 5th millenium B.C.. The composition of the black glass bead found by archeologists is equivalent to the composition of today's glass, but this ancient relic is non-transparent. The modern glass-making technology of the modern man had been developed through thousands of years. Today this technology is suitable for satisfying the needs of masses, glass is being made in a wide range of forms and colors styles etc. and in high quality.
Here follow some milestones of the development of glass and technology:
5th. millenium B.C. - First glass relic from Egypt
5th. millenium B.C. - glass jugs from Egypt, glass mosaic finding
1st century B.C. - Rome is the center of glass-production (architectural use, glass windows, bronze-framed round glass plate.)
• Glass findings from Pannonia from the Roman age
340 A.D. Byzantium continues Roman traditions (church glasses, sepulchral urns, bubble glass)
7th century - glass disk made by the crown method from Syria. ( the size of the disk made with glass-blowing pipe can reach up to 1m in diameter.)
10th century - in Europe glass-making is revived in the Venetian Republic through Arabian intermediaries
13th century - glass-guilds manufacture their ornamental glasses with secret technology in Murano of Venetia. (Muranian mirror)
• In Hungary, glass had been used from the 13th century for church constructions. Private use start to spread only from the 19th century
