TECHNOLOGY OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL PRODUCTION: WRITTEN AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
Journal: LOMONOSOV HISTORY JOURNAL
Year: 2026

The technological processes involved in the production of cloisonné enamels, despite long-standing scholarly interest, have not yet been fully clarified. The present article aims to address some of the complexities of this problem by drawing on written evidence, above all the treatise of Theophilus, as well as on the results of scientific investigations of selected archaeological finds bearing enamels. The analysis suggests that Theophilus’s description of the technological sequence for producin