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Efficiency of combined MA-XRF and CXRF to give nondestructive insights about changes of a historical painting

José Tapia, Myriam Eveno, Thomas Calligaro, Laurent Pichon, Eric Laval, Elisabeth Ravaud and Ina Reiche

Published online: 19 January 2023

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-03596-5

Application of a MA-XRF/RIS/PL scanner to paintwork studies

Moreau Raphaël, Brunel-Duverger Lucile, Pichon Laurent, Moignard Brice, Gourier Didier and Calligaro Thomas

Published online: 12 January 2023

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-03604-8

Rethinking and evaluating the role of historical buildings in the preservation of fragile artworks: the case study of the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice

Paola Lucero-Gómez, Eleonora Balliana, Virginia Farinelli, Silvia Salvini, Leila Signorelli and Elisabetta Zendri

Published online: 21 January 2022

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02311-0

Biodeterioration in art: a case study of Munch's paintings

Cátia Salvador, Irina Crina Anca Sandu, Erika Sandbakken, António Candeias and A. Teresa Caldeira

Published online: 13 December 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02187-0

Essential oils of Portuguese flavouring plants: potential as green biocides in cultural heritage

Sílvia Macedo-Arantes, Andreia Piçarra, A. Teresa Caldeira, A. E. Candeias and M. Rosário Martins

Published online: 02 November 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02018-2

Ongoing development of a semi-quantitative protocol for assessing the suitability of commercial materials used to store or exhibit cellulose-based artworks

Francesca Volpi, Catherine H. Stephens, Antje Potthast and Eric M. Breitung

Published online: 28 October 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02067-7

Integration of multispectral imaging, XRF mapping and Raman analysis for noninvasive study of illustrated manuscripts: the case study of fifteenth century “Humay meets the Princess Humayun” Persian masterpiece from Louvre Museum

C. Colantonio, L. Clivet, E. Laval, Y. Coquinot, C. Maury, M. Melis and C. Boust

Published online: 20 September 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01909-8

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Evaluation of an alternative biotreatment for the extraction of harmful iron and sulfur species from waterlogged wood

Mathilde Monachon, Magdalena Albelda-Berenguer, Tiziana Lombardo, Emilie Cornet, Friederike Moll-Dau, Janet Schramm, Katharina Schmidt-Ott and Edith Joseph

Published online: 14 September 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01908-9

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Munch and optical coherence tomography: unravelling historical and artist applied varnish layers in painting collections

Thierry Ford, Magdalena Iwanicka, Elena Platania, Piotr Targowski and Ella Hendriks

Published online: 01 September 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01758-5

Investigation of inks, pigments and paper in four Moroccan illuminated manuscripts dated to the eighteenth century

Ghizlane Idrissi Serhrouchni, Marta Manso, Mohammed Talbi, Abdelhadi Lhassani, Sofia Pessanha, Maria Luisa Carvalho, Said Gmouh and Latifa Hajji

Published online: 17 August 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01723-2

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Efficacy of acid treatments used in archaeological ceramics for the removal of calcareous deposits

Águeda Sáenz-Martínez, Marta Pérez-Estébanez, Margarita San Andrés, Mónica Alvarez de Buergo and Rafael Fort

Published online: 03 August 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01784-3

Contemporary approach in the study of a Byzantine-illuminated manuscript on parchment

Vasiliki Kokla

Published online: 30 July 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01699-z

Three Persian Qajar paintings from the National Gallery Sofia. Study of the technology and the composition materials for the purpose of dating and conservation evaluation

Yoana Tavitian, Denitsa Y. Yancheva and Neno D. Todorov

Published online: 08 July 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01701-8

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Optimization of protein extraction and ELISA immunodetection from protein-based paint models with mesoporous silica nanoparticles and MCM41

Aditya Sandeep Goyal, Cátia Salvador, Carole Mathe, António Candeias and Ana Teresa Caldeira

Published online: 25 June 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01628-0

Early occurrences of the use of smalt and shell gold in the Madonna of Humility by Jacopo Bellini at the beginning of the fifteenth century

Myriam Eveno and Elisabeth Ravaud

Published online: 22 June 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01650-2

Chemical composition overview on two organic residues from the inner part of an archaeological bronze vessel from Cumae (Italy) by GC–MS and FTICR MS analyses

Jasmine Hertzog, Hitomi Fujii, Andrea Babbi, Agnès Lattuati-Derieux and Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin

Published online: 16 June 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01627-1

Reversibility of adhesive techniques applied on historical textiles

Jan Krejčí, Klára Drábková, Jana Bureš Víchová and Markéta Škrdlantová

Published online: 07 June 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01597-4

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Acoustic emission techniques for the detection of simulated failures in historical vehicles engines

Laura Brambilla, Brice Chalançon, Alejandro Roda Buch, Emilie Cornet, Guillaume Rapp and Stefano Mischler

Published online: 07 June 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01611-9

Raman microspectroscopy of fresco fragments from the Annunciation Church at Gorodishche at Veliky Novgorod

Irina Balakhnina, Tamara Anisimova, Anna Mankova, Andrey Chikishev and Nikolay Brandt

Published online: 01 June 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01604-8

Determination of pH distribution through pH-related properties in deacidified model paper

Izabela Vajová, Katarína Vizárová, Radko Tiňo, Nad’a Krivoňáková, Zdenko Takáč and Svetozár Katuščák

Published online: 25 May 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01495-9

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Refining the use of oxygen consumption as a proxy corrosion rate measure for archaeological and historic iron

N. J. Emmerson, J. H. Seifert and D. E. Watkinson

Published online: 17 May 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01478-w

Materials and techniques of mural paintings attributed to Johannes Aquila in Central Eastern Europe around 1400

Anabelle Kriznar

Published online: 12 May 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01471-3

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Sequential SEM imaging of microbial calcite precipitation consolidation treatment

Nadim C. Scherrer, Matthias Kocsis, Petra Dariz and Claire Gervais

Published online: 07 May 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01497-7

Advantages and pitfalls of the use of mobile Raman and XRF systems applied on cultural heritage objects in Tuscany (Italy)

Eleonora Odelli, Anastasia Rousaki, Simona Raneri and Peter Vandenabeele

Published online: 26 April 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01409-9

Elemental mapping of Portuguese ceramic pieces with a full-field XRF scanner based on a 2D-THCOBRA detector

P. M. S. Carvalho, F. Leite, A. L. M. Silva, S. Pessanha, M. L. Carvalho, J. F. C. A. Veloso and J. P. Santos

Published online: 21 April 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01422-y

Color, collation, and curious creatures: a technical study of 15th-century block books at The Morgan Library & Museum

Federica Pozzi, Elena Basso and Reba Snyder

Published online: 20 April 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01335-w

On the use of hand-held X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy coupled to Monte Carlo simulations for the depth assessment of painted objects: The case study of a sixteenth-century illuminated printed book

Silvia Bottura-Scardina, Antonio Brunetti, Carlo Bottaini and Catarina Miguel

Published online: 24 March 2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01326-x

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Efficiency of combined MA-XRF and CXRF to give nondestructive insights about changes of a historical painting

Application of a MA-XRF/RIS/PL scanner to paintwork studies

Rethinking and evaluating the role of historical buildings in the preservation of fragile artworks: the case study of the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice

Biodeterioration in art: a case study of Munch's paintings

Essential oils of Portuguese flavouring plants: potential as green biocides in cultural heritage

Ongoing development of a semi-quantitative protocol for assessing the suitability of commercial materials used to store or exhibit cellulose-based artworks

Integration of multispectral imaging, XRF mapping and Raman analysis for noninvasive study of illustrated manuscripts: the case study of fifteenth century “Humay meets the Princess Humayun” Persian masterpiece from Louvre Museum

Evaluation of an alternative biotreatment for the extraction of harmful iron and sulfur species from waterlogged wood

Munch and optical coherence tomography: unravelling historical and artist applied varnish layers in painting collections

Investigation of inks, pigments and paper in four Moroccan illuminated manuscripts dated to the eighteenth century

Efficacy of acid treatments used in archaeological ceramics for the removal of calcareous deposits

Contemporary approach in the study of a Byzantine-illuminated manuscript on parchment

Three Persian Qajar paintings from the National Gallery Sofia. Study of the technology and the composition materials for the purpose of dating and conservation evaluation

Optimization of protein extraction and ELISA immunodetection from protein-based paint models with mesoporous silica nanoparticles and MCM41

Early occurrences of the use of smalt and shell gold in the Madonna of Humility by Jacopo Bellini at the beginning of the fifteenth century

Chemical composition overview on two organic residues from the inner part of an archaeological bronze vessel from Cumae (Italy) by GC–MS and FTICR MS analyses

Reversibility of adhesive techniques applied on historical textiles

Acoustic emission techniques for the detection of simulated failures in historical vehicles engines

Raman microspectroscopy of fresco fragments from the Annunciation Church at Gorodishche at Veliky Novgorod

Determination of pH distribution through pH-related properties in deacidified model paper

Refining the use of oxygen consumption as a proxy corrosion rate measure for archaeological and historic iron

Materials and techniques of mural paintings attributed to Johannes Aquila in Central Eastern Europe around 1400

Sequential SEM imaging of microbial calcite precipitation consolidation treatment

Advantages and pitfalls of the use of mobile Raman and XRF systems applied on cultural heritage objects in Tuscany (Italy)

Elemental mapping of Portuguese ceramic pieces with a full-field XRF scanner based on a 2D-THCOBRA detector

Color, collation, and curious creatures: a technical study of 15th-century block books at The Morgan Library & Museum

On the use of hand-held X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy coupled to Monte Carlo simulations for the depth assessment of painted objects: The case study of a sixteenth-century illuminated printed book

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