Integrated analytical study for the authentication of five Russian icons (XVI-XVII centuries)

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 755-765

  Sandu, Irina Crina Anca ^a   Bracci, Susanna ^b   Sandu, Ion ^c   Lobefaro, Mariella ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Istituto per la Conservazione e la Valorizzazione dei Beni Culturali Sesto Fiorentino   (Italy)

^c ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^d Cultural Association Icons Researches and Knowledge   (Italy)

Author keywords

Authentication; FTIR; Icons; OM; Painting technique; SEM EDX; State of conservation

Indexed keywords

AUTHENTICATION; MAPPING; PAINT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL STUDIES; ARTISTIC TECHNIQUE; FTIR; ICON; INTEGRATED APPROACH; OM; PAINTING TECHNIQUES; SEM-EDX; STATE OF CONSERVATIONS; STRATIGRAPHIC MAPPINGS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 70349446610     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20727     Document Type: Article

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