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The choir books of san giorgio maggiore in venice: results of in depth non-invasive analyses

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العنوان: The choir books of san giorgio maggiore in venice: results of in depth non-invasive analyses
المؤلفون: Ricciardi, P, Mazzinghi, A, Legnaioli, S, Ruberto, C, Castelli, L
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG
//doi.org/10.3390/heritage2020103
Heritage
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
مصطلحات موضوعية: smalt, bismuth ink, non-invasive analyses, Raman spectroscopy, XRF mapping, UV-vis-NIR reflectance spectroscopy
Time: 15th-century illuminated manuscripts
الوصف: This paper discusses a cross-disciplinary, international collaboration aimed at researching a series of 15th century choir books at the abbey of San Giorgio Maggiore on the homonymous island in Venice. Produced for the abbey itself, the books have never left the island during their 500-year history, thereby allowing a unique opportunity to analyse historic artefacts, which have undergone little modification over time. Prompted by ongoing cataloguing work on the manuscripts, a week-long analytical campaign using a combination of non-invasive analytical methods used in portable configuration allowed the comprehensive characterisation of ten volumes. The manuscripts’ palette and painting techniques were analysed using near-infrared imaging, reflectance spectroscopy in the UV-vis-NIR range, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence mapping and digital microscopy. The paper will discuss the challenges linked to the fragility and the large dimensions of the volumes as well as the most interesting results of the investigation. These include the detection of unusual painting materials such as bismuth ink, as well as the discovery of a less homogeneous palette than originally expected, which prompted a partial revision of the attribution of the decoration in one of the volumes to a single artist.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
Relation: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/293806
DOI: 10.17863/CAM.40919
الاتاحة: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/293806
https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.40919
Rights: All rights reserved
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.E8B053DE
قاعدة البيانات: BASE