A post-Byzantine icon of St Nicholas painted on a leather support. Microanalysis and characterisation of technique

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 349-360

  Ganitis, V ^a   Pavlidou, E ^b   Zorba, F ^b   Paraskevopoulos, K M ^b   Bikiaris, D ^b  

^a Byzantine Museum of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

FTIR; Leather support; Pigment; Post Byzantine icon; SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644297953     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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