Glass and glassmaking in the Middle Ages [videorecording] / by David Whitehouse ; The Corning Museum of Glass.

Title: 
Glass and glassmaking in the Middle Ages [videorecording] / by David Whitehouse ; The Corning Museum of Glass.

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Author/Artist: 
Corning Museum of Glass. Seminar on Glass (49th : 2010 : Corning, N.Y.)
Publisher: 
Corning, N.Y. : Corning Museum of Glass, 2010.
Description: 
1 videodisc (61 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Authors: 
Whitehouse, David, 1941-2013.
Format of Material: 
Video
Subjects: 
Corning Museum of Glass Congresses.
Glassware Museums New York (State) Corning.
Glassware, Medieval Europe.
Glass manufacture Europe History.
Bib ID: 
125395
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Location: 
Audio/Video Collection
Call Number: 
Corning Museum of Glass, Seminar on Glass, 2010, disc 1
Holdings Note: 
DVD
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Variant Title: 
Also known as: 49th annual Seminar on Glass
Seminar theme: Medieval glass and its influence
Shelving title: Corning Museum of Glass, Seminar on Glass, 2010, disc 1
Notes: 
Title from DVD label.
One of a series of lectures, presented at the 49th annual Seminar on Glass, at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.
A series of videotaped lectures on 5 DVDs. This lecture is on disc 1.
There are 3 additional lectures on this DVD - each cataloged separately.
Presenter: David Whitehouse, Executive Director, The Corning Museum of Glass.
Videotaped in the auditorium at The Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning, NY, October 14, 2010.
"What do we know about glass vessels used in Europe during the 1,000 years between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance, and how they were made? In addition to vessels made for residences and taverns, and objects used in churches, this lecture touches on the first eyeglasses and glassware designed for alchemists and physicians"--Seminar brochure.
DVD.
Event Notes: 
Videotaped in the auditorium at The Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning, NY, October 14, 2010.
Contents: 
Welcome and new acquisitions review / David Whitehouse --
Glass and glassmaking in the Middle Ages / David Whitehouse --
Beauty and the beast / William Gudenrath --
Wood-fired furnace demonstration / Fred Herbst and Steve Gibbs.