Minerals, as raw structural materials or pigments, play a fundamental role in archaeometry,
for the understanding of nature, structure and status of an artefact or object of interest for …

Holy icons created in the Byzantine era are a vital entity in Orthodox Christianity, a living
tradition unbroken over more than 1500 years. The importance of these symbolic …

A HPLC method coupled with diode array detector was developed and validated for the
quantitation of alizarin, apigenin, carminic acid, curcumin, ellagic acid, emodin, fisetin …

As one of the most desired and expensive artists' materials throughout history, there has
long been interest in studying natural lapis lazuli. The traditional method of extracting the …

In this paper, we propose an analytical methodology for attributing provenance to natural
lapis lazuli pigments employed in works of art, and for distinguishing whether they are of …

The red shades of 13 icons (15th–17th century) of the Cretan School of iconography are
investigated in detail to identify the inorganic and organic colouring materials comprising the …

Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) imaging using cluster primary
ion beams is used for the identification of a green painting layer on the scene The Angels …

An important issue connected with conservation chemistry is how to improve the storage and
exposure conditions in order to suppress the fading and degradation of dyes and other …

The grounds of 51 post‐Byzantine icons (Eastern Orthodox panel paintings) were studied by
means of analytical techniques. The artefacts cover the period from the mid‐15th to the mid …

The stratigraphies of twenty five (25) samples removed from twenty (20) icons of the Cretan
School of iconography are studied using Optical Microscopy and micro-Raman …