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Although tile making is a very advanced art among the Turks, the belief is quite widespread that glass-making showed little development, and that their requirements were generally met by imports from abroad. This is incorrect. It is a fact that this belief stems from the insufficiency of information obtained concerning glass-making among the Anatolian Seljuks and among the later Ottomans. In addition to this, the tendency of the countries mentioned to attribute this art to various regions and races is the leading factor giving strength to this mistaken view. For example, doubts and questions have always been put forth as to whether the glass articles made in Seljuk or Artuk countries were their own or else whether they belonged nearby Syrian or Byzantine artisans, even though it is now known that the glass mosaics of the Artuks were local products, and Seljuk glass articles, some of which are with human figures, are also the work of the Seljuks. A short time ago, one f the experts of the British Museum was able to establish that a glass article with such a human figure was the work of the Seljuks. Similarly, it is also a fact that the colored glass windows called Rovzen which were used by the Seljuks in their major buildings more for purposes of decoration than of lighting were not copies of Byzantine stained glass but were made with an entirely different technique and style. The oil lamp globes, chandeliers and the like which were used in inerior lighting are also implementations and treatments which are unique to them. Nevertheless the limited number of examples and amount f information belonging to these periods is the most significant factor preventing these subjects from being adequately known or learned.
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