Seeking Transparency: Rock Crystals across the Medieval Mediterranean, edited by Cynthia Hahn and Avinoam Shalem
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/jia.25919Keywords:
mineralogy, luxury goods, Fustat, art history, artifact biographyAbstract
Seeking Transparency: Rock Crystals across the Medieval Mediterranean, edited by Cynthia Hahn and Avinoam Shalem. Mann Verlag 2020. 334pp., 36 pl., index. Hardback €49. ISBN-13: 9783786128434.
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