Completed 4-days Training at the CHSOS Studio, May 22nd-25th. It was focused on manuscripts. We got 2 participants from Ireland and Kuwait.
Shaikha Alkharsan. She is a paper conservator from the Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait (CRSK) which is interested in scientific imaging methodologies for manuscripts examination in particular to discover forged ones.
Nicole Volmering. She is a research fellow at Trinity College Dublin which is working on an idea for a funding proposal that would draw heavily on technical photography and MSI for the analysis of early medieval manuscripts.
FIRST and SECOND DAY: technical Photography
Technical photography represents a collection of images realized with a modified digital camera sensitive to the spectral range (about 360-1100 nm). Different lighting sources and filters are used to acquire a selection of technical images, with each one providing different information about the object under examination.
THIRD DAY: RTI, Multispectral Imaging
Multispectral Imaging is used to identify and map pigments in polychrome artworks, and to enhance the reading of faded historical documents. Conservators can use this technique to distinguish original
sections in paintings and select the proper conservation procedures.
Reflectance spectroscopy (RS) is a powerful portable technique for the identification of pigments.
An RS spectrum shows the ratio between the intensity of the reflected light and the incident light for each wavelength. The RS spectra can provide information useful for pigments identification.
FOURTH DAY: Practise
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