Silver paints in medieval manuscripts
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| Data de Publicação: | 2018 |
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| Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
| Texto Completo: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-018-0172-7 |
Resumo: | This study was supported by the Portuguese Science Foundation through the CORES Ph.D. Doctoral Programme in the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage with the Grants [SFRH/BD/52314/2013] and [PD/BD/105895/2014] and by Associated Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry-Clean Processes and Technologies-LAQV which is financed by national funds from FCT/MEC (UID/QUI/50006/2016) and co-financed by the ERDF under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007265). |
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Silver paints in medieval manuscriptsa first molecular survey into their degradationBook of hoursConservationMedieval paintingsPreservationSilver leafSilver sulphideConservationArchaeologyArchaeologyThis study was supported by the Portuguese Science Foundation through the CORES Ph.D. Doctoral Programme in the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage with the Grants [SFRH/BD/52314/2013] and [PD/BD/105895/2014] and by Associated Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry-Clean Processes and Technologies-LAQV which is financed by national funds from FCT/MEC (UID/QUI/50006/2016) and co-financed by the ERDF under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007265).The lack of comprehensive studies on silver paints in manuscripts is a handicap to new stabilization strategies and treatments. This work develops and tests a methodological approach for the study of the degradation of silver paints, at the molecular level, using as a case study a French Book of Hours dated from the 15th century from Mafra National Palace collection. In this paper, we show that the global equation commonly used by the cultural heritage community to describe the tarnishing of silver proves to be insufficient to understand the main factor causing its severe and extensive darkening in medieval illuminated manuscripts. This equation depicts the degradation of silver instantly with a sulphide containing species as H2S. Recent research has solidly proved that the first intermediate of silver oxidation is Ag2O. This theme will be presented in a forthcoming review. Within this framework, we selected four typologies of silver paints, all analysed by in situ techniques and four as microsamples; due to the very small size and fragility of the microsamples, new methods of sample preparation were developed and tested. The main research questions include: (1) understanding how silver-based colour are formed, disclosing its full stratigraphy; (2) define if the other compounds present, such as colour paints and the ground, may affect silver oxidation by stabilizing or accelerating it; (3) comprehend if it is possible to characterize the degradation products of silver paints with the methodology developed in this work, both in the bulk and at the interfaces between layers. Overall our results show that silver-based colours exhibit a complex stratigraphy that impacts its conservation condition. Further research at the molecular level is required on the correlation of the main components of the ground (binder and filler such as gypsum and calcium carbonate) and the paints that are applied as layers over or under the silver leaf. Our case studies have shown that both in situ analytical techniques and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy analysis in the microsamples, provide relevant information on the silver colour stratigraphy. However, the information obtained studying cross-sections is more accurate. We consider that the study of the degradation mechanism of silver in medieval illuminated manuscripts will require the combination of both approaches; in situ methodologies support the relevance of the data acquired on the microsamples. Microsamples studies will make possible the acquisition of data that is fundamental to understand the darkening of silver paints and this, in turn, is essential to develop informed and sustainable conservation policies.LAQV@REQUIMTEDCR - Departamento de Conservação e RestauroInstituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM)RUNAraújo, RitaNabais, PaulaPombo Cardoso, IsabelCasanova, ConceiçãoLemos, AnaMelo, Maria J.2019-01-25T23:38:45Z2018-12-012018-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-018-0172-7eng2050-7445PURE: 3946137http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044111311&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-018-0172-7info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:28:18Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/58649Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:33:17.996043Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Silver paints in medieval manuscripts a first molecular survey into their degradation |
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Silver paints in medieval manuscripts |
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Silver paints in medieval manuscripts Araújo, Rita Book of hours Conservation Medieval paintings Preservation Silver leaf Silver sulphide Conservation Archaeology Archaeology |
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Silver paints in medieval manuscripts |
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Silver paints in medieval manuscripts |
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Silver paints in medieval manuscripts |
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Silver paints in medieval manuscripts |
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Silver paints in medieval manuscripts |
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Araújo, Rita |
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Araújo, Rita Nabais, Paula Pombo Cardoso, Isabel Casanova, Conceição Lemos, Ana Melo, Maria J. |
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Nabais, Paula Pombo Cardoso, Isabel Casanova, Conceição Lemos, Ana Melo, Maria J. |
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LAQV@REQUIMTE DCR - Departamento de Conservação e Restauro Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM) RUN |
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Araújo, Rita Nabais, Paula Pombo Cardoso, Isabel Casanova, Conceição Lemos, Ana Melo, Maria J. |
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Book of hours Conservation Medieval paintings Preservation Silver leaf Silver sulphide Conservation Archaeology Archaeology |
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Book of hours Conservation Medieval paintings Preservation Silver leaf Silver sulphide Conservation Archaeology Archaeology |
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This study was supported by the Portuguese Science Foundation through the CORES Ph.D. Doctoral Programme in the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage with the Grants [SFRH/BD/52314/2013] and [PD/BD/105895/2014] and by Associated Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry-Clean Processes and Technologies-LAQV which is financed by national funds from FCT/MEC (UID/QUI/50006/2016) and co-financed by the ERDF under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007265). |
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2018-12-01 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z 2019-01-25T23:38:45Z |
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