Foreword by Isabelle Pallot-Frossard -- Foreword by Daniel R Neuville -- Introduction xix Patrice LEHUÉDÉ and Anne BOUQUILLON -- Part 1 Overview and Specific Techniques for the Analysis of Lead Glasses and Glaze -- Chapter 1 Overview 3 Patrice LEHUÉDÉ -- 1.1 Advantages brought by lead -- 1.2 Difficulties related to the use of lead oxide -- 1.3 Conclusion -- 1.4 References -- Chapter 2 Lead Isotopes for the Study of Ancient Glass 19 Alicia VAN HAM-MEERT and Patrick DEGRYSE -- 2.1 Lead isotope chemistry -- 2.2 The use of lead isotopes in archaeology -- 2.3 Lead isotopic analysis of glassy material -- 2.4 O, Sr, Nd and B isotopes for studying archaeological glass -- 2.5 Conclusion and future perspectives -- 2.6 Acknowledgments -- 2.7 References -- Part 2 Structure of Lead Glasses: Influence on their Properties, Including Color -- Chapter 3 Structure and Properties of Lead Silicate Glasses 37 Daniel CAURANT, Gilles WALLEZ, Odile MAJÉRUS, Gauthier ROISINE and Thibault CHARPENTIER -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Lead and lead oxides -- 3.3 Crystal phases and glasses of the SiO2-PbO system -- 3.4 Glasses of the SiO2-PbO-R2O system (R = Na, K) -- 3.5 Glasses of the SiO2-PbO-Al2O3 system -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 3.7 References -- Chapter 4 Optical Properties and Coloration of Lead Silicate Glasses 93 Odile MAJÉRUS, Adèle MUNOZ-BONGRAND and Daniel CAURANT -- 4.1 Physical bases of optical properties and the origins of glass color -- 4.2 Optical properties and color of transparent SiO2-PbO-M2O glasses -- 4.3 SiO2-PbO-M2O glasses colored by transition ions -- 4.4 References -- Part 3 History and Evolution of Lead Glasses -- Chapter 5 Lead in the Recipes of the Middle Ages and Renaissance 117 Marco VERITÀ and Isabelle BIRON -- 5.1 The first written sources mentioning the use of lead -- 5.2 Recipes of translucent and opaque lead glasses from the Middle Ages and Renaissance -- 5.3 Conclusion -- 5.4 References -- Chapter 6 The First Lead Glasses 133 Bernard GRATUZE -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Glasses of the Eastern Mediterranean from the second and first millennia BC -- 6.3 Lead glasses in Asia starting with the second half of the first millennium BC -- 6.4 Medieval lead glasses in Western Europe -- 6.5 European lead glasses, from the beginning of the modern period until the invention of crystal glass -- 6.6 Conclusion -- 6.7 References -- Chapter 7 Lead in Glasses: Recent Times 155 Patrice LEHUÉDÉ -- 7.1 The adventure of lead crystal glass -- 7.2 New colorants of lead glass -- 7.3 The new opacifiers -- 7.4 The new processes of crystal glass decoration -- 7.5 New glassmaking techniques -- 7.6 Conclusion -- 7.7 References -- Chapter 8 Early Islamic Lead Glass 173 Nadine SCHIBILLE -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Islamic lead silica glass (mina) from the Near East -- 8.3 Lead slag glass from Šaqunda (Córdoba) -- 8.4 Soda ash lead glass from al-Andalus -- 8.5 Concluding remarks -- 8.6 References -- Chapter 9 Lead in the Enamels of the Middle Ages and Renaissance 199 Isabelle BIRON and Marco VERITÀ -- 9.1 Limoges champlevé enamels on copper from the Middle Ages -- 9.2 The so-called Venetian enameled coppers of the Italian Renaissance -- 9.3 References -- Part 4 History, Implementation and Evolution of Lead Glazes -- Chapter 10 History of Lead in Ancient Ceramic Materials 215 Anne BOUQUILLON -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Properties and implementation of lead glazes -- 10.3 The first lead glazes -- 10.4 Dissemination and evolution of the lead glazing technique in the high Antiquity -- 10.5 Hybridization of lead glazes with other ceramic traditions -- 10.6 The importance of lead-rich glassy materials in the race for porcelain -- 10.7 Innovations brought by Islamic potters of eighth to ninth century: the place of lead glassy materials -- 10.8 Soft-paste porcelains: lead glaze on translucent paste -- 10.9 Lead-rich vitrified paints -- 10.10 Conclusion -- 10.11 References -- Chapter 11 Paste-Glaze Interaction 249 Laurent CORMIER and Marie GODET -- 11.1 Context -- 11.2 Paste-glaze interface -- 11.3 Factors affecting the paste-glaze interface -- 11.4 Cross-diffusion of chemical elements -- 11.5 Morphology of the interface -- 11.6 Identification of crystalline phases at the interface -- 11.7 Interface as an indicator of elaboration processes -- 11.8 Influence of interface on the physical properties -- 11.9 Conclusion -- 11.10 References -- Chapter 12 Weathering of Ancient Lead Glazes 279 Anne BOUQUILLON -- 12.1 Slightly weathered glazes -- 12.2 Weak iridescences and pinholes -- 12.3 Advanced weathering in the context of burial -- 12.4 Protection of lead-glazed weathered objects by sol-gel methods -- 12.5 Conclusion -- 12.6 References -- Part 5 Weathering of Lead Glasses and Standards -- Chapter 13 Lead Leaching in Industrial Crystal Glasses: Role of Chemical Composition, Structure and Surface Treatments 297 Frédéric ANGELI, Léa BRUNSWIC, Thibault CHARPENTIER and Stéphane GIN -- 13.1 Influence of lead content on crystal glass structure -- 13.2 Leaching mechanisms of lead glasses -- 13.3 Industrial surface treatments limiting lead release by crystal glass -- 13.4 Conclusion -- 13.5 References -- Chapter 14 Lead in Glass: Standards and Regulations 331 Denis LALART and Xavier CAPILLA -- 14.1 Lead uses in glassworks -- 14.2 Regulations related to lead -- 14.3 Food contact -- 14.4 Conclusion -- 14.5 References -- List of Authors -- Index.