Thermographic study of the illuminations of a 15th century antiphonary

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 692-697

  Doni, Giulia ^a   Orazi, Noemi ^a   Mercuri, Fulvio ^a   Cicero, Cristina ^a   Zammit, Ugo ^a   Paoloni, Stefano ^a   Marinelli, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gildings; Illuminations; Infrared thermography; Pentimenti; Thermal imaging; Underdrawings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925360898     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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