Serçe Limani, Vol 2: The Glass of an Eleventh-Century Shipwreck

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Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series in Association with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology Previously published: Serçe Limanı: An Eleventh-Century Shipwreck, vol. 1, The Ship and Its Anchorage, Crew, and Passengers, by G. F. Bass, S. D. Matthews, J. R. Steffy, and F. H. van Doorninck Jr. Serçe Limani, Volume II Serçe Limani volume ii The Glass of an Eleventh-Century Shipwreck by George F. Bass, Robert H. Brill, Berta Lledó, and Sheila D. Matthews with Catalina Puche Acién, Jennifer Bouchard, Carla Luna Cullen, Arsala Deane, Kathryn A. Ebel, Faith Hentschel, Summer Kenesson, Joy Kitson-Mim Mack, Margaret Morden, Lynn Ransom, Frederick H. van Doorninck Jr., and David Whitehouse Illustrated by Gündüz Gölönü, Berta Lledó, Sheila D. Matthews, Selma Ağar, Venetia Piercy, Paola Pugsley, Sema Pulak, JoAnn Sharp, Rachel Wenstob, and others Photographs by Donald A. Frey, Donald H. Keith, Kathy May, and Robin C. M. Piercy Published with the cooperation of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology by T E XA S A & M U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S • College Station Copyright © 2009 by Texas A&M University Press Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). Binding materials have been chosen for durability. o Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Serçe Limanı : an eleventh-century shipwreck / by George F. Bass . . . [et al.] ; with James W. Allan . . . [et al.] ; illustrated by Selma Ağar, G. Venetia Piercy, and Sema Pulak ; photographs by Donald A. Frey.—1st ed. p. cm.—(Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series in ass0ciation with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology) Published with the cooperation of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-89096-947-7 1. Turkey—Antiquities. 2. Shipwrecks—Turkey. I. Bass, George Fletcher. II. Allan, James W. III. Series. dr431.s464 2003 956.1'013—dc21 2002154214 Serçe Limanı, Volume II: The Glass of an Eleventh-Century Shipwreck isbn 13: 978-1-60344-064-6 isbn 10: 1-60344-064-x for which he received prestigious awards, but I remember him best simply as a modest and perfect gentleman, devoted to his wife of sixty-two years, Sara Williams Yamini, and their daughter Sally, who followed him onto the INA board. It was such a pleasure when he and Sara visited us in Turkey, as when I visited them in Rockport, Texas, where they lived on the water’s edge during the last decades of his life and George was able to fish at any time it pleased him. Even in Rockport, he expanded his fascination with nautical history by becoming a director of the Texas Maritime Museum. Only two days before his death, a 1:12 model of La Salle’s flagship Belle, commissioned for the museum by the Yaminis and built by Texas A&M graduate student Glenn Grieco, was opened to the public with a reception honoring the couple for their generosity. George Yamini is greatly missed by all of us in the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University. —GFB When I first met George Yamini, over lunch in Dallas, he told INA president Donald Frey, Texas A&M University vicepresident for development Robert Walker, and me that he was too old to become involved in anything new. He wanted to cut back on obligations, to enjoy a carefree retirement, to have more time for fishing. What convinced him to change his mind I will never know, but he not only joined the INA board of directors but served on it for the next twenty years, as its vice-chairman for two years and a member of its executive committee for three. Indeed , he became so involved in our field of research that he endowed two professorships in nautical archaeology at Texas A&M University, where he was always proud of being a member of the class of 1939 and where he received a second lieutenant ’s commission that led to more than four years of active duty in the U.S. Army during World War II. Before we met, George Yamini’s highly successful career in the Dallas real estate housing industry had already...