Lapis Lazuli in an enigmatic 'purple' pigment from a thirteenth-century BC Greek wall painting

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 252-266

  Brysbaert, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES; PAINTING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

LAPIS LAZULI; MICRO-RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WALL PAINTING;

PIGMENTS;

EID: 33846709116     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/sic.2006.51.4.252     Document Type: Article

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