This article summarises the history of cinnabar, from its first uses in burials to modern oils on
canvas. After a brief introduction on mercury and contamination issues, the article gets to the …

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 …

This paper presents the development of a Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectra (FORS)
database of 54 historical pigments commonly used in art work. The database is available on …

In this work samples of historical pigments of green hue were brushed on a canvas and
studied by Visible Reflectance, X-Ray Fluorescence and Fourier Transform Infrared …

The aim of this work has been the identification of the painter's materials employed in the
wall decoration of some destroyed buildings dating approximately between the first century …

Understanding dye chemistry and dye processes is an important issue for studies of cultural
heritage collections and science conservation. Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy …

Abstract Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy (FORS) has been widely used in the field of
cultural heritage for material identification. Nevertheless, it had been rarely applied in the …

This study attempts to establish the advantages and limitations of the combined use of
portable UV–Vis-FORS and XRF-XRD portable equipment for the non-invasive …

This work concerns the characterisation of a set of wall painting and stucco fragments
collected during a rescue excavation carried out in 2013 by the Soprintendenza …

A selection of historical textile fragments from the Venetian art dealer Moisè Michelangelo
Guggenheim collection, ranging from XV to XVIII century, has been investigated by means of …