Spectroscopic investigations of bourdichon miniatures: Masterpieces of light and color

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 611-620

  Burgio, Lucia ^a,b   Clark, Robin J H ^b   Hark, Richard R ^b,c   Rumsey, Mike S ^d   Zannini, Carlotta ^a  

^a VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Art conservation; Bismuth; Medieval manuscripts; Mosaic gold; Pigments; Pyrite; Raman microscopy; Specular hematite; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ART CONSERVATION; MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS; MOSAIC GOLD; RAMAN MICROSCOPY; SPECULAR HEMATITE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BISMUTH; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PAINT; PIGMENTS; PYRITES;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 67650701725     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/000370209788559593     Document Type: Article

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