[HTML][HTML] Disinfection in Archives—A Short Review of the Sustainable Approaches and Green Perspectives of Using Radiation for Mass Disinfection

C Cicero, M Vadrucci, G Doni, E Trogu - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The conservation of the immense archival heritage of a country like Italy presents scholars
with the enormous challenge of finding techniques and procedures that enable rapid and …

Deterioration effects of X-ray irradiation in artificially aged parchment

F Mercuri, C Cicero, S Paoloni, U Zammit… - … Physical Journal Plus, 2023 - epjplus.epj.org
The effects of X-ray irradiation, a potential disinfection method, produced in parchment
samples with different extent of artificial ageing have been investigated to analyse the …

Using computed tomography to recover hidden medieval fragments beneath early modern leather bindings, first results

JE Ensley, KH Tachau, SA Walsh, H Zhang, G Simon… - Heritage Science, 2023 - Springer
Medieval bindings fragments have become increasingly interesting to Humanities
researchers as sources for the textual and material history of medieval Europeans. Later …

Decorated Corams of Palazzo Chigi: Characterisation and Preservation Treatment

M Vadrucci, C Cicero, M Chiari, G De Bellis… - … for Cultural Heritage …, 2024 - Springer
With the aim of the care and preservation of collagen-based objects, a study was conducted
on the leather wallpapers adorning the Palazzo Chigi rooms. Several rooms of the building …

[PDF][PDF] The X-ray irradiation as disinfection treatment: the state-of-the-art

C Cicero, M Vadrucci, C Mazzuca, L Severini… - … on Metrology for …, 2023 - imeko.org
Collagen-based materials constitute a significant part of the archival and library heritage.
Among all the animal skin-derived substrates, parchment was the principal writing support …