Non-destructive identification of inorganic pigments used in 16-17th century Albanian icons by total reflection X-ray fluorescence analysis

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-343

  Civici, N ^a  

^a Institute of Nuclear Physics   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albanian icons; Inorganic pigments; Onufri Qiprioti; Pigment analysis; TXRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845294740     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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