Altarists, difficulties with, in France, 236 Altarists in Netherlands, 240-241 Aludels of mediæval alchemists, 125 Alumina in glass, effect of excess of, 132 _Ammonitrum_, 78 Amsterdam, glass-houses at, 294 Analyses of glass, 9, 26, 53 _note_, 151, 335, 353 _note_ Anglo-Saxon glass, 107-113 Anglo-Saxon glass, where found, 110-111 Anglo-Saxon ‘prunted’ beakers, 110-111 Anglo-Saxon drinking-cups, 112-113 Anne Boleyn, glass with her initials, 306 Anthology, Greek, poem on glass-furnace, 80 Antimony as source of yellow in primitive glass, 29 Antwerp, glass made at, 241-242, 262 Antwerp, mediæval glass found near, 252 _note_ Antwerp, metropolis for glass, 303 ‘Arena’ at Padua; lamps in fresco, 158 Aristophanes, possible mention of glass in, 41 Arles, Roman glass from, 81-82 Ascension Day, display of glass at Venice, 216, 261 _note_ Asiatic influence in Europe, 89-90 Assyrian glass, 39-40 D’Azeglio, Marquis Emanuele, his collection of painted glass, 142-143 _Azurro da vetro_, 218 Babylonia, turquoise-glass slabs from, 40-41 ‘Balance-pan’ lamp-stands, 97 _note_, 101, 104, 158 Barbaro, Venetian ambassador to the Porte, 171 Barcelona, glass of, 247-249 Barcelona, opaque white glass, 249 _Barilla_, term explained, 13 _Barilla_, how prepared, 227 _Barilla_, Howell’s account of, 312 Barillet, or Baril, French form, 134, 238 Bavaria, Dukes of, introduce Venetians, 270-271 Bead, origin of English word, convenience of term, 184 Beads of early Egyptian Dynasties, 20 Beads from tombs of Mycenæan age, 35 Beads from early Rhodian tombs, 38 Beads in form of satyr masks, 38 Beads from Frankish and Germanic tombs, 109 Beads, guilds at Venice and Murano, 183 Beads, early distribution from Venice, 183, 190 Beads, Venetian, grinding by water-power, 185 Beads, process of manufacture, 185-187 Beads, process of manufacture from hollow cane, 185-186 Beads, process of manufacture from solid rod, 186-187 Beads, stores in London and Amsterdam, 189 Beads made at Nuremberg; at Amsterdam, 292 Beads, Bohemian industry, 292-293 Beads from India, 343 Beads, _see also_ Chevron beads. Bede on glass-workers brought from Gaul, 113 _Bekerschroeven_, or ‘Beaker screws,’ 295 Berovieri, his enamelled cup, 194-195 Berthelot, M., on chemistry of Middle Ages, 120-125 _Bidoro_, Japanese name for glass, 354 Biringuccio on Venetian glass, 215 Blancourt, de, _Art of Glass_, 316 _note_, 319 Blowing of glass, 7-8, 14 Blowing of glass, importance of discovery of process, 19 Blowing of glass, probable origin in Western Asia, 42 Blowing of glass, when and where discovered, 44, 59 Blowing of glass, at first supplementary to moulding, 47 Blowing of glass, first described by Theophilus, 128-130 Blowing-iron, how used, 14 Blown glass unknown in Ancient Egypt, 19-20 Blown glass, when first made, 20 Blown glass, early simple forms, 59 Blue colours in Egyptian glass, 26-27 Bohemia, engraved glass of, 286