[Sca-cooks] eyeglasses
Mark.S Harris
mark.s.harris at motorola.com
Tue Sep 4 10:29:28 PDT 2001
> Hmmm, sunglasses are period. 13th Century (IIRC) Chinese. Made from thin
> sheets of dark rock crystal. I understand they were optically terrible.
>
> Eyeglasses in general are also late period as a product of Northern Italy
> and especially the Venetian glassmakers, but I don't recall tinted
> eyeglasses being mentioned as part of their work.
>
> Bear
>
> > WTF does anyone do things like declare
> > chocolate or pepsi period? Or
> > Teva sandals, sunglasses or Goth music.
> >
> > /UlfR
This is my understanding as well, although I think the eyeglass is
first reported in 14th C Italy. That may or may not be "late-period"
by some folks definitions. Anyway, anyone wanting to look into this
further might want to look at:
eyeglasses-msg (52K) 1/11/00 Period eyewear. Making replicas.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/DISABILITIES/eyeglasses-msg.html
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
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