The Byzantine wall paintings from the Protaton Church on Mount Athos, Greece: tradition and science

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1971-1984

  Daniilia, Sister ^a   Tsakalof, Andreas ^b   Bairachtari, Kyriaki ^a,c   Chryssoulakis, Yannis ^c  

^a The Ormylia Foundation   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Animal glue; Artefacts; Binding media; Byzantine wall paintings; Egg; Fresco secco; GC MS; Protein

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTIFACT; CULTURAL HISTORY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ICONOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONUMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35548993721     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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