Of Goblins and Gods

Preface

Part 1 — Cobalt through the ages

Chapter 1
Cobalt: Of goblins and gods
Andrew J. Shortland

Chapter 2
Cobalt through the ages, illustrated through a selection of objects demonstrating its use
Andrew J. Shortland

Part 2 — Sources and signatures

Chapter 3
Norwegian cobalt production and uses
Lasse Hermansen Bjørnland

Chapter 4
Provenancing smalt: The potential of geological analysis
Patrick Degryse and Andrew J. Shortland

Chapter 5
Variations in the chemical signatures of cobalt colourants used in glass from the 17th to the early 20th centuries
Bernard Gratuze

Chapter 6
The cobalt mine at Kashan, Iran: A brief overview of its history, from the pre- Mongol period to the early 20th century
Moujan Matin

Chapter 7
Cobalt mining at Alderley Edge, Cheshire, UK
Nigel Dibben

Part 3 — Applications

Chapter 8
Cobalt in Late Bronze Age glassmaking: Insights from archaeometric analyses and case studies
Victoria Kemp and Andrew J. Shortland

Chapter 9
Early Islamic cobalt-blue glass: Colourant and matrix
Nadine Schibille

Chapter 10
Smalt and other blues in painting from South Asia and Iran
Katherine Eremin, Penley Knipe, Georgina Rayner, Jinah Kim, Richard Newman, Erin Mysak and Michelle Derrick

Chapter 11
The use of cobalt on Chinese ceramics from the 7th to 20th centuries CE
Yun Zhang and A. Mark Pollard

Chapter 12
Light and dark blue: A non-destructive analysis of blue enamel and underglaze compositions in Fürstenberg porcelains
Dennis Braekmans, Jens Storre, Christian Lechelt, Rosa Seepma and Andrew J. Shortland