48595
Author
Orna, Mary Virginia
Title Of Article Chaper
Solving art historical problems of medieval manuscript painting by chemical analysis
Title Of Journal Book
Spirit of Enterprise. The 1984 Rolex Awards
Pages
76-77
Publisher
Aurum Press Ltd.
Publisher City
London
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Describes a project in which the pigments of medieval Armenian, Byzantine, Islamic, and Crusader manuscripts and to be systematically analyzed. Orna and her collaborators will use polarized light microscopy, microchemical tests, and x-ray diffraction analysis to characterize the palette range of regional schools of manuscript illumination and to trace lines of influence. -- AATA
Keywords
Microscopy polarization;Manuscript Medieval Analysis; Microscopy Pigment; X-ray Diffraction Analysis Pigment; Pigment Analysis;Chemical analysis AATA
pub_id
48595