An Introduction to the Study of Terra Sigillata
An Introduction to the Study of Terra Sigillata

Author: Felix Oswald

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-13

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 9780266244929

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Excerpt from An Introduction to the Study of Terra Sigillata: Treated From a Chronological Standpoint Next to datable inscriptions, there is, perhaps, no relic of Roman occupa tion which yields such valuable chronological evidence as Term Sigillata the red-glazed fabric of Gaul and other provinces - commonly known as Samian ware. The variations and transmutations of its forms, the changing character of its decorative designs in successive periods, and the marks of its potters, tell a chronological tale almost, if not quite, as convincing as the transitions of the column and arch in architecture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An Introduction to the Study of Terra Sigillata Treated from a Chronological Standpoint
An Introduction to the Study of Terra Sigillata Treated from a Chronological Standpoint

Author: Felix Oswald

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781230733180

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...of wreath or scroll. 6. The double trifid tendril-binding consists typically of two compressed central beads or rings furnished with trifid terminals, as in a bowl by MerCator from Silchester (PI. XX. 1). It is highly characteristic of Flavian work, more especially in Domitian's reign, and was much used by the potters L. Cosivs Virilis and Mercator, whose chief activity may be assigned to this period. This binding does not occur at Hofheim either in the Claudian or the Vespasianic period, and it is not figured in Atkinson's illustrations of decorated Sigillata from Pompeii. Yet it is present on a Flavian bowl, Form 29, by Primvs from Vindonissa (Fig. 39), and it is common on Flavian Sigillata found at Rottweil (e.g. Knorr, Rottweil, 1912, PIs. IV. 1, 5; VI. 7; VII. 1, 2; VIII. 9, all on Form 29; XXI. 1, 2, 3, 7 on Form 37. See also Fig. 40, Form 37 by Mercator). It is also recorded at Rottenburg (Knorr, Rottenburg, PI. I. 3 on Form 29) and at Cannstatt (Fig. 47 on Form 78). A motif intermediate between the typical double trifid binding and the earlier double bifid binding is represented on the bowl by Carillvs, Form 29 (Fig. 41), and on the beaker, Form 67, from Aislingen (Fig. 42). 1 See a Tiberio-Claudian Form 29 (Knorr, Terra Sigillata, 1919, PI. 7 H). 7. Rosette tendril-binding is chiefly found in the Claudius-Nero period, but is occasionally met with in the later products of South Gaul. It occurs in the following situations: (a) Rarely on the usual type of continuous scroll, as on a Claudian bowl from Aislingen (Fig. 43) and on Form 30 in the same period at Hofheim (Fig. 44). (b) Occasionally on the straight wreath of Form 29 in the Claudian period (Fig. 46) and also on a bowl by Vitalis, Form 29, from Pompeii (Atkinson, Pompeii, ...