Characterisation of 15th century red and black pastes used for wall decoration in the Qijmas El-Eshaqi mosque (Cairo, Egypt)

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-356

  Bakr, A M ^a,d   Kawiak, T ^b   Pawlikowski, M ^c   Sawlowicz, Z ^d  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Beeswax; FTIR; ICP AES; Pastes; Pigments; SEM EDS; XRD

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344445998     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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