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epigrafi cristiane

“Christian Epigraphy in Syracuse” workshop, May 15th 2015

CHSOS is invited speaker at “Christian Epigraphy in Syracuse” workshop, May 15th 2015. Since 2013 CHSOS has pursued diagnostics and documentation in Syracuse catacombs thanks to a research collaboration with Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra. Mural paintings and graffiti have been examined with innovative analytical and imaging technologies. CHSOS will present these studies. S. Stout,

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graffiti RTI

How to document Historical Graffiti in Catacombs

This new paper discusses  RTI (Reflectance Transformation Imaging) for documenting historical graffiti in Catacombs. Historical graffiti  provide unique information on the uses of the catacombs over the centuries. Some of the graffiti of the catacombs of San Giovanni are contemporary with the epoch of the paintings that bear them (late antiquity), while others have been incised by

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