Trace element fingerprinting of façon-de-Venise glass

Šmit, Ž.; Janssens, Koen; Bulska, Ewa; Wagner, Barbara; Kos, Monika; Lazăr, Ioana-Claudia

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2005.06.182

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“…Glass produced in central Europe and Venice between 11th to 14th centuries frequently reflects soda ash glass composition [4][5][6]. Typical soda ash glass contains sodium and calcium oxides in a weight proportion of almost 1.4:1 and relatively high amount of magnesium and potassium oxides due to use of quartz and the ash of halophytic plants for production [4][5][6][7]. Soda lime glass was produced from 900 BC to the Middle Ages from quartz, trona and lime.…”

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confidence: 99%

Archaeometric investigations of medieval stained glass panels from Grodziec in Poland

Wilk¹,

Kamińska²,

Walczak³

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the International Conference LACONA XI

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Two stained glass panels of Austrian origin from the 15th century were formerly placed in Grodziec castle in Poland and nowadays they belong to the collection of the National Museum in Wrocław. The main aim of this work was to evaluate the chemical composition of glass from medieval and modern parts of the panels. Elemental composition of bulk glass and external layers of glass samples was determined with the use of SEM-EDX and LA-ICP-MS methods. Morphology of the deteriorated glass was investigated through SEM-BSE images of the cross-sections. Moreover, the longitudinal concentration profiles were determined by LA-ICP-MS measurements. Results show that stained glass panels reveal characteristic elemental composition of wood ash glass produced from 1000 to 1400 AD. Almost equal proportions of potassium and calcium oxides indicate that high quality of beech wood was applied by manufacturers. Main and minor elements content was common for almost all investigated glass samples, which suggests that manufacturers follow strictly the assumed recipe during panels production. Differences in elemental composition detected for minor or trace elements were connected to colour additives. Stained glass samples from glazing exhibit composition of typical modern glass. Considerable differences between the composition of healthy bulk glass and the deteriorated surface of glass were detected though SEM-BSE images and LA-ICP-MS longitudinal concentration profiles. High concentrations of lead, copper and iron were noticed in external layers of glass samples, which can be explained by the presence of decorative paint layers and drawings.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Archaeometric investigations of medieval stained glass panels from Grodziec in Poland

Wilk¹,

Kamińska²,

Walczak³

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the International Conference LACONA XI

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“…The results of sensitive LA-ICP-MS elemental/isotopic measurements can be used to support the use of other instrumental meth- ods such as Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry (SEM-EDS) [12,31,38,74,79,112,118,130,135,166,170,181,182], Electron Probe Microanalysis (EPMA) [75, 80, 81, 97, 112, 167, 183 -185], X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) [16,31,35,44,93,94,98,119,120], Proton Induced X-Ray Emission [22,41,95,114,186,187] or Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) [23, 36, 99, 100, 107, 108, 114, 146, 188 -192]. Leroy et al [193] reported the first application of confocal Synchrotron Radiation micro X-Ray Fluorescence (SR-m-XRF) with LA-ICP-MS.…”

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A moderate microsampling in Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry analysis of cultural heritage objects: a review

Wagner¹,

Syta²,

Sawicki³

2017

Proceedings of the International Conference LACONA XI

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Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is one of modern instrumental methods whose usage in the elemental analysis of cultural heritage objects has recently noticeably increased. The method requires almost no sample preparation and permits the direct analysis of solid samples, availing only minute amount of the material. Although they seem to be microdestructive, ablation processes remain usually within the scale acceptable for art historians, conservators, archaeologists and art curators; therefore, the capability to perform a multi-elemental, ultra trace and isotopic analysis can be introduced to studies of cultural heritage objects. The lack of appropriate matrix-matched certified reference materials or fractionation effects influencing the final quantitative results to a different extent is widely reported among the main limitations of LA-ICP-MS. Despite these constrains, LA-ICP-MS is a method that can be flexibly tuned to collect the desired elemental information and this paper brings together information about the successful application of this method in the analysis of diverse historical materials enabling researchers to build valuable knowledge about cultural heritage objects from all over the world.

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“…Sample preparation is usually accomplished by embedding small glass fragments in an acrylic resin and subsequently polishing the surface [64][65][66][67], while larger, centimetric fragments were directly analyzed byŠmit et al [68]. Resin enclosure and polishing enable the analysis of cross sections and the removal of up to millimetric thick contaminated and/or depleted surface layers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[65]). Alternatively, when only a thin layer has to be removed, a pre-ablation scan may be used for exposing a 'clean' surface [68].…”

Section: Glass Artifactsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Role of laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry in cultural heritage research: A review

Giussani

Monticelli

Rampazzi

2009

Analytica Chimica Acta

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Trace element fingerprinting of façon-de-Venise glass

Cited by 31 publications

References 6 publications

Archaeometric investigations of medieval stained glass panels from Grodziec in Poland

Archaeometric investigations of medieval stained glass panels from Grodziec in Poland

A moderate microsampling in Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry analysis of cultural heritage objects: a review

Role of laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry in cultural heritage research: A review

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