Glass Window Panes

Flat or cast translucent glass used in elite buildings, baths, greenhouses, and public architecture.

Core metadata

ID: glass_window_panes
Era: Classical
First known date: 1 (century)
Region: Roman Empire
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: N/A

Prerequisites

Dependents

Early Glass Lamp Covers (glass_lamp_chimneys)

Fields

None.

Node sources

Roman Glass (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003, museum) • Supports: node
Locator: Uses section states that glass windowpanes were first made in the early imperial period, used in public baths, and could be either cast or blown.

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 3
Average edge confidence: 68%
Prerequisite sources: 2
expert_inference: 3

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Glassmaking (glassmaking)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Glassmaking provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Glass of the Ancient Mediterranean (McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 2013, museum) • Supports: edge
Glass-Blowing Workshops (glass_blowing_workshops)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Glass-Blowing Workshops provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	No sources recorded.
Masonry (masonry)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Masonry provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Decision 42 COM 8B.34: Gobekli Tepe (Turkey) (UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 2018, official_agency) • Supports: edge

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