Papers from a 1995 conference at the British Museum. Under discussion were the materials, techniques, iconography, patronage and trade of gilded and enamelled glass made in Egypt and Syria during the 13th to 15th centuries, encompassing the origins of the technique in the Byzantine and early Islamic periods and its influence on production in Venice and other European sites between the 14th and 19th centuries. The 29 contributors include: David Whitehouse, Jens Kröger, Rachel Ward, Martine Newby, Hugh Tait, Avinoam Shalem, Peter Hardie, Ingeborg Krueger and Julian Henderson.