48595
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