Notice catalographique « 6th International Conference on Non-destructive Testing and Microanalysis for the diagnostics and conservation of the cultural and environmental heritage, Rome, May 17th-20th, 1999 : proceedings »

Contents:

Plenary lectures

Non-invasive Spectroscopic Methods for the Characterisation of Painted Surfaces
M. BACCI

Non destructive testing on cultural heritage
C. CANEVA

X and gamma ray tomography jbr the studv of works of art
R. CESAREO

Environmental Parameters for Cultural Heritage Conservation
M.C. CIRILLO

Microanalysis of Museum Aerosols Related to the Conservation of Works of Art
K. GYSELS

Time Resolved Thermography: a Non-invasive Method
F. SCUDIERI

Monumental and architectural decorations

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Applications in the Study of Water Solution Spatial

Distribution in Porous Stones of Historical and Artistical value
M. ALESIANI

Diagnosis of the historical buildings of Dubrovnic damaged by the war
D. ALMESBERGER

Diagnosis of the town hall of Sarajevo damaged by the war
D. ALMESBERGER

Colorimetric evaluation of byocidal interference with stone in UV =A ageing test
A. ALTIERI

Diagnosis of ancient timber structures application example on an historical building in Piemonte, Italy
G. BOETTO

A model for the analysis of sun radiation on structures exposed in open air
M.BOTTONI

Microseismic tests in the analysis and characterisation of high porosity stone materials
A. CALIA

Energy-dispersive X-ray fuorescence analysis of sulphur and chlorine on monuments and frescoes
C. CAPPIO BORLINO

In-situ EDXRF analysis of stone degradation of the Altars of Santa Croce Church in Iecce
A. CASTELLANO

Non-invasive measurements of damage of frescoes paintings and icon by laser scanning vibrometer experimental results on artificial samples using different types of structural exciters
P. CASTELLINI

Preliminary Studies in the Transport of Works of Art: Bernini's Statue of David
G. CHIESURA,

Photogrammetric measurement of Guarinesque Vaults in Czeck Churces: their importance.forart history
P. DVORACEK

Non-destructive surface control of atmospherically corroded copper and bronze objects
W. FAUBEL

Remote localisation of the bonded areas in historical murals by TV holography
T. FRIKE-BEGEMANN

Non-destructive (ND) Analvsis through X-rays fluorescence (XRF) of Roman Mural Paintings in "Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo"
G. FRONT

IR Thermography applied to asses the deterioration degree of Historic and Art Monuments
D. FRUMUSELU

Digital insolation measurement: calibration of CCD camera recordings of reflected light intensity to produce
values of incident lux exposure on wall paintings
R. GOWING

Imaging dynamic processes in conservation: on-line data acquisition and direct image
A. HERITAGE

Non-destructive electrochemical impedance measurements: application to the corrosion
characterisation on bronze works of art
P. LETARDI

Analysis of trace elements in the alabaster deposits for the determinations of the provenance of-the Madonna ,lackowa of the fourteenth century sculpture
M. LIGEZA

Diagnostic survey of ancient timber structures
M. MANNUCCI

Microseismic tests at High frequency as a tool for the identification of existing masonry
P. MINCARONE

Non-Destructive determination of the penetration depth of impregnation materials
G. PLEYERS

Evaluation of treatments on biocalcarenites with ultrasound
E.M. SEBASTIAN

Comparative studies on the efficiency of mechanical and optical methods for bronze panelsprofilometry
G. SCHIRRIPA

Frescoes Diagnostics by Electro-Optic Holography and Infrared Thermography
G. SCHIRRIPA

Non-destructive analyses by Imaflu Workstation: results and comments concerning three,famous reinassence frescoes
S. SCIUTI

Characterisation of the residual efficiency of Ancient Water repellent products applied on calcareous
stones by using water absorption measurements under low pressure (PIPE method)
J.M. VALLET

Non-destructive control of historical buildings by fluorescence Lidar
P. WEIBRING

Microanalysis; Analytical techniques used in the examination of materials of wall paintings from the ancient cities of Mustaf Pasha and Anfushi in Alexandria
S.A. ABD EL SALAM

Dating with electron spin resonance (ESR)
O.BAFFA

Thermoluminescence Analysis in Historical Architecture: Application on the Ornamentations in Cotto of The Atrium of the Abbey of Pomposa
F.BEVILACQUA

Ocher-differentiation throught micro-Raman and micro FTIR spectroscopies. Application on wall paintings at Meteora and Mount Athos, Greece
D. BIKIARIS

Panselinos's byzantine wall paintings in the Protaton Church, Mount Athos, Greece: a technical examination
DANIILIA, S.

Thermal analysis in characterisation of salt efflorescences in cultural heritage conservation
L. DEI

Materials for wall paintings conservation: monitoring and testing phyisicochemical properties and ageing effects L. DEI

Rising damp and soluble salts on the ficade of Mensa Christi Church. Nazareth (Israel) : a survey on their nature and origin
M. FAVARO
Comparative study of different cleaning methods on Limestone samples. Application of laser radiation: in the cleaning of Gypsum Ornaments
C. GARCIA

Diagnosis of stone damage: sulphur and carbon compounds
M.MACCHIAROLA

Soluble Salts in Extracts From Carpathian Sand stones in St. Benedict Fort in Cracow - Quantification Analyses M. MARSZALEK

Control of changing in the chemical composition of deteriorated limestone for checking of stone cleaning technologies
E. ORCSIK

A portable PIXE system to be used for non destructive pigment characterisations
G. PAPPALARDO

Study of the building materials used in construction of Maadi Town Temple, Fayoum, Egypt
J. PENINSKA

FTIR study of black patina on bricks and non-destructive cleaning
A. STOCH

Analysis and Phisco-Chemical Characterisation of Ancient Roman and Renaissance Frescoes
L. CAMPANELLA

The volcanic tuff of Cagliari: preliminari, investigation on decay
G. USAI,

Biological and environmental controls

The conservation of archaeological sites: materials and techniques for short term protection of archaeological remains
A. ALTIERI

An analysis of the temporal regularities in microclirnatical measurement an application of the Fast Fourier Transfi-m
C. CACACE

Microclimalic condition inside Leonardo , Giotto Pollaiolo, and Botticelli rooms in the Uffizi Gallery
D. CAMUFFO

Environmental study fir the safety of frescos in hipogeus site : the relationship between the water quantity and the
solubles salts into the masonry
M. COLADONATO

Castiglioni's Manor: analysis of the materials and of their thermohygrometrical status for the preservation project G. CROCIANI

New results on the role of atmospheric pollutants on the deterioration of mural paintings in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua
V. FASSINA.

Influence of Marine Aerosol on Calcareous Stones Decay A. GIOVAGNOLI

Protection and Preservation of historical Cities Against Seismic Risk by a cross-disciplinary approach: the case of Potenza (Basilicata Italy)
F. GIZZI

Technical and Diagnostic Evaluation of the Mural Paintings Conservation State at the Presbytery of S. Maria del Porto Church (Sutri - Viterbo)
S. LORUSSO

Moisture detection in walls trough dynamic measurement of temperature
M. MILAZZO

Evaluation of environmental damage on stone in historic centres
M. PANTANI

Towards monitoring moisture movement in the support materials of wall paintings
R.J. PENDER

The "Grottensaal!" of the "New Palace" in Potsdam, Germany. Nondestructive investigations for a conservation concept
L. STEFFEN

Imaging and other control methodologies

A model .for the analysis of the realisation sequences of the "Giornate" of a Fresco
M. BOTTONI

The Vaulting of Vladislav hall in the Prague Castle: structural and constructional problems
M. KUBELIK

Glued steel anchors method in bracing walls structures in ancient buildings Lubiaz Monastery in Poland
J. JASIENKO

Easel paintings

Non-Destructive Testing

Diagnostic investigation and the conservation of paintings: practical application
A. ALDROVANDI

Chromatic changes in the preparation layers of painted art works in unfavourable environmental conditions of conservation
M. ASTRAPELLOU

Coherent X-ray scatter for non-destructive testing of works of art
H. BOMSDORF

Physico-optical Non destructive analyses on the Corpus of Paintings by Dosso Dossi in Galleria Borghese
M. CARDINALI

Laser Interferometry and holography for Analysis of Artworks
P. CHESSA

Investigation of Paint test samples by high energy 68MeV PIXE
A. DENKER

PIXE with regard to a late Sixteenth Century Illumination S. DENOEL

PIXE analyses of metal point drawing
A. DUVAL

A study on the improvements of X-ray emissiography.for oil paintings
Y.MATSUDA

Ageing evaluation from colour measurements as a criterion for restoration: the case of'Catalan Baroque Paintings
N. SALVADO

Paint layer studies - performances of X-ray fluorescence and ion beam techniques
C. NEELMEIJER

Identification of mineral pigments from icons by complementary methods: xray radiography and electron emissiography
G. NICULESCU

Non-destructive Fourier Transform reflectance spectroscopy on painting materials using Chalcogenite.fiber optics
M. PICOLLO

Image reconstruction of painting radiographs
M. ROSSI

Analysis of pigments in indian miniature paintings using non-destructive methods
B. N. SINGER

Measurement of the two-dimensional strain distribution of paintings on canvas using electronic speckle pattern interferometry
C. YOUNG, R. HIBBERD

Microanalysis
Pigment analysis in cross-section by Raman-microscopy - V. G. BAONZA

A Comparative Study of the Surface Characterisation of Artist's Material using conventional, low vacuum and environmental scanning electron microscope
A. BURNSTOCK

Analytical pirolysis application to the chemical characterisation of Byzantine Paintings Layers
G. CHIAVARI

Characterisation of organic materials in works of art by gas
chromatography-mass
M.P. COLOMBIN

Characterisation of Boles
TEM - O

Microcharacterisation of proteic clye-bindings in paint media using specific coloration by Naphtol Blue Black C. CREN

Identification of Different Red Pigments in a Pictorial Layer by Analytical Microscopy
M. SAN ANDRES

An extensive non-destructive and micro-.spectroscopic study of 'The Birth of Saint John the Baptist"
S. SOTIROUPOULOU

Imaging and other control methodologies

An imaging computing system for handling information about diagnostics and conservation of paintings
D. BIAGI MAINO

Crack restoration on digital paintings
T. GIAKOUMIS

The Use of The MuSIS 2007 (Multispecral Imaging System), for the analysis of
Easel Paintings and Miniatures
J.M. TEULE

Other artefacts

Non-Destructive Testing: an example of application of X-radiography in the study of ancient ceramics
M. ABBRUZZESE

The Beautiful "Trionfo d'Amore" attributed to Botticelli: a chemical characterisation by non-destructive techniques C. ANDALO

DXRF study of Tupiguarani archaeological ceramics - C.R. APPOLONI

Polarisation resistance measurements for the monitoring of the corrosion rate of protected copper alloy sculptures
C. BARTULI

Gold Ornaments of Reticula. Microanalytic research
A. BEDINI

Mutual Integration of Different XRF Techniques in Quantitative Analysis of Stained Glasses. The Case of Roisan Church (Valle d'Aosta, XVI Cent)
L. BONIZZONI

Interest of electrical impedance measurement for monitoring the controlled airdrying of waterlogged archaeological wooden wrecks
G. CHAUMAT

Non-destructive and micro-destructive analytical methods applied to the conservation of Chinese
Works of Art at the Xi'an Center for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Relics (P.R. of China)
B. CHONGBIN

A new technique for the non-destructive identification of organic pigments, dyes and inks in-situ on early mediaeval manuscripts, using 3-D fluorescence reflectance spectroscopy
M. CLARKE

Archaeometric analyses of Phoenician-Punic Jewels from the Archaeological Museum of Ibiza (Spain)
B. COSTA

Non-destructive elemental analysis of archaeological metallic items using high energy protons
G. DEMORTIER

Analysis of pigments.from Iberian polychrome sculptures - J. R. FERREROCALABUIG
The Non-destructive characterisation of the bronze Chandelier of the Chigi Chapel in the Church of S. Maria del Popolo
M. FERRETTI

The early metallurgy in Liguria : non-destructive analyses on metal artefacts from S.Antonio di Perli (Finale Ligure,Savona)
E. FRANCESCHL

Monitoring of iron corrosion and soil solution at two excavation sites
W. GERWIN

Analysis of elemental composition of Thai ceramics by X-ray fluorescence and instrumental activation analysis
A. KALICKI

Utilisation of natural radioactivity of potassium for the determination of chemical homogeneity, of historical glassware. A case study
J. KUNICKI GOLDFINGER

Non-destructive examination of 18th century glass vessels from Central Europe J. J. KUNICKI

PIXE analyses and dating of a medieval artefact: Saint-Hubertus' reliquary
L. M RTINOT

The application of high-energy X-ray CT in the examination of archaeological objects excavated in Japan
R. MURAKAMI

Ion-Beam analysis of Complex objects
P. NORTHOVER, G. GRIME, M. ABRAHAM

Instrumental neutron activation analysis of Roman glass found at Tomis
C. OPREA

A new compact annular Ge detector
G. PAPPALARDO

3-D computed tomography a tool, for analysis and conservation of archaeological artefacts
M. ROSSI

Fifteen years of Non-Destructive Analysis of metal objects from the Spanish Museum
S. ROVIRA

Non-destructive in-situ, on-site, mid-infrared spectroscopic chemical analysis of objects in museums using a portable spectrometer with fiber optic probe
R. SCOTT WILLIAMS

Non-destructive appraisal of damaged or concealed surface texture using silicon rubbenmoulds and copper electroforms (galvano plastic)
P. H. T. SHORER

Spectrocolorimetric Control of Ancient Documents Post-Ablation by Excimer Laser
O. D. D. SOARES

Non-destructive testing of waterlogged archaeological wood by nuclear magnetic resonance - K. TRAN

Microanalysis
Archaeological material excavated in the Israeli site of Khirbet Ain Fattir: from laboratory to museum
E. ANGELIN

Archaeometric analyses of prehistoric burnt sulphur ores
D. ARTIOLI, C.

ICP-MS flint characterisation and artefacts sourcing. The La Grande Rivoire Meso -toneolithic site case (Northern Alps, France)
C. BRESSY

Applications of photoluminescence spectroscopy to the investigation of materials used in works of art
G. CHIARI

The resistance of polarisation for the testing of corrosion : practice and problems
G. D' ERCOLI

Elemental and Structural Analysis of corroded Lead Seals, from the 13th. to 15th. Centuries: preliminary study
M. DUBUS

Examination of Thangkas from Central and Eastern Tibet K. DUFFY

Non-destructive chemical characterisation of cultural materials using sinchrotrone radiation X-ray fuorescence
M. O. FIGUEIREDO

"Sawasa" analysis of metal alloys and surface layers of Asian export art objects
P. B. HALLEBEEK

A systematic investigation of the immunological detection of collagen-based adhesives
G. HODGINS

Pre-restauration research of objects from Asian art collection of the National Gallery Prague-Zbraslav
D. KNOTKOVA

Methods used for the determination of Soluble Salts in the Material of Fossilised Trees. Case study of the fossilised forest in Lesbos Island
V. LAMBROPOULOS

Examination of the Interaction between ferrous metals and the archaeological burial environment of a seventeenth-century plantation site
C. MATHIAS

Identification of the binding media in the coating of an ethnographic leather by means of microchemical reaction
D. P. NIKOLOVA

Non destructive testing on cultural heritage using portable XRD and XRF spectrometers
F. PAGLIETTI

Combined use of X-Ray photoemission spectroscopy and scanning Auger Microscopy as a tool for investigating the surface microchemistry of metallurgical archaeomaterials
E. PAPARAZZO

Mossbauer spectroscopy and electron spin resonance of mediterranean obsidians for archaeological artefacts provenance identification
R. B. SCORZELLI

Recent Developments in the application of analytical pyrolysis to the study of cultural
A. M. SHEDRINSKY

Analysis of Alloys in Ancient Bronze Objects: Preliminary Comparison of Different Methods and Techniques
M. C. SQUARCIALUPI

Corrosion degree and thermomechanical history of some Cu-based alloy objects: the fibulae of Campo Servirola (Reggio Emilia)
E. STAGNO

Microanalvtical Techniques (XPS, SAM, SIXRF) of preservation and restoration for archive and book cultural property
A. ZAPPAL

Biological and environmental controls
Testing of a museum showcase equipped with an active and passive system for control of'internal hvgrometric conditions
R. BODDI

The conservation of the Roman "Mummy of Grottarossa" : the microclimate monitoring and the physical-technical solutions for the showcase
G. GERARDI

Glass sensor microanalysis in the aspect of renovation and conservation works of art and cultural heritage
E. GREINER-WRONOWA

Monitoring the environment of the Zachintos Wreck site A. POURNOU

Imaging and other control methodologies
Computer Aided Analysis and Restoration of Images
E. CONSOLE

Portable, on-site, touchless, multi-resolution 3D-documentation of cultural heritage
P. HABERKORN

Technical reports
Physicochemical study of inks of manuscripts using ultraviolet and near infrared radiation
A. ALEXOPOULOU

Studies of Tanagra type figurines from Callatis by neutron activation analysis
M. BELC

Optical emission analysis in the service of the conservation of archaeological buckles
M. BELC

Application of Radiography for the conservation and restoration of lcons on wood
M.BELC
Treatment of thermographic images by means of dedicated software. Creation of an ortho photographic image through the assembly and GeoReferencing of the
thermographic images and production of the relative thematics map
A. BIZZARRO

Standards and Customised Menus in Condition Digital Recording
G. BUZZANCA

Scientific Analysis of Paint Materials from a Stone Sculpture dating 1489
A. CASOLI

A new approach in the use of oxygen scavenger for insect eradication in Museums
A. COLOMBINI

Some notable details on the painting techniques of Vatican artists. Investigation carried out with Z-fluorescence, diffractometry and SEM-EDS
N. GABRIELLI

Microchemical analyses of inorganic materials used in Romanian 16th-19th century icons
M. I. A. LUPU

Inspection Techniques, for Ancient Wooden Structures: State of the Art and research needs
N. MACCHIONI

Use of Non-destructive tests in the evaluation of the state of repair after consolidation interventions on wooden structures
M. MATTONE

PIXE with regard to three paintings ascribed to Lambert Lombard (Liège 1505-1566)
C. OGER

Application of FTIR spectroscopy to study glue from Mesolithic bone point
C. PALUSZKIEWICZ

Use of Non-destructive tests in checking the causes of the dilapidated state of the walls partially faced in stone
C. ROMEO

The research of the paintings of altar retable in Anna Church at Liepaja
I. TUNA

Analysis of Biocides in wood artefacts and possibilities of decontamination and masking
A. UNGER

High-Resolution holography - a new tool in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Archaeological Science
G. VON BALLY

The use of eggshells for the production of pigments
C. BERNARDINI

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• Objets d'art - Conservation et restauration
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