The role of copper on colour of palaeo-Christian glass mosaic tesserae: An XAS study

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-144

  Silvestri, Alberta ^a   Tonietto, Serena ^a   D'Acapito, Francesco ^b   Molin, Gianmario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IOM CNR LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colour; Copper; EMPA; Glass; Mosaic tesserae; XAS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859897428     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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