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Non-invasive Materials Analysis Using Portable X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) in the Examination of Two Mural Paintings in the Catacombs of San Giovanni, Syracuse
- Source :
- Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection ISBN: 9783319136943, EuroMed
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Springer International Publishing, 2014.
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Abstract
- X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy was performed to characterize pigment materials in a preliminary study of two mural paintings in the Catacombs of San Giovanni. XRF was one non-invasive, analytical technique employed as part of a comprehensive examination, which also included multispectral imaging and 3D modeling. XRF analysis contributed towards a better idea of the materials present, but definitive assignments for the pigments were not possible. The murals show some signs of degradation products including a calcium sulfate surface encrustation, and a bluish-black copper based pigment, which we suspect is the degradation of azurite into tenorite.
- Subjects :
- NK Decorative arts Applied arts Decoration and ornament
Painting
Azurite
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Non invasive
Mural
CC Archaeology
Art
QD Chemistry
Catacombs
Archaeology
QC Physics
visual_art
BR Christianity
visual_art.visual_art_medium
Portable X-ray
DG Italy
D111 Medieval History
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- ISBN :
- 978-3-319-13694-3
- ISBNs :
- 9783319136943
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection ISBN: 9783319136943, EuroMed
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0fba44463347d5c3eb5f11eaec2333f1