A Raman microscopic and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric study of two 19th century overlapping Coptic icons of Anastasy Al-Romi

Vibrational Spectroscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-75

  Abdel Ghani, M ^a,b   Edwards, H G M ^b   Janaway, R ^b   Stern, B ^b  

^a Cairo Univ   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anastasy Al Romi; Coptic icons; GC MS; Overlapped icon; Pigments; Raman microscopy

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PAINT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SPEECH;

19TH CENTURY; ANASTASY AL-ROMI; COPTIC ICONS; GC-MS; LAYERED STRUCTURED; OPTICAL-; OVERLAPPED ICON; PIGMENTS; PRUSSIAN BLUE; RAMAN MICROSCOPY; SPECTRAL ANALYSES; ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 48849090712     PISSN: 09242031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vibspec.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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