Sicilian Byzantine Icons through the Use of Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques and Optical Spectroscopy: The Case of the <i>Madonna dell’Elemosina</i>
The iconographic heritage is one of the treasures of Byzantine art that have enriched the south of Italy, and Sicily in particular, since the early 16th century. In this work, the investigations of a Sicilian Icon of Greek-Byzantine origin, the <i>Madonna dell’Elemosina</i>, is reported...
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| author | Francesco Armetta Gabriella Chirco Fabrizio Lo Celso Veronica Ciaramitaro Eugenio Caponetti Massimo Midiri Giuseppe Lo Re Vladimir Gaishun Dmitry Kovalenko Alina Semchenko Dariusz Hreniak Maria Luisa Saladino |
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| description | The iconographic heritage is one of the treasures of Byzantine art that have enriched the south of Italy, and Sicily in particular, since the early 16th century. In this work, the investigations of a Sicilian Icon of Greek-Byzantine origin, the <i>Madonna dell’Elemosina</i>, is reported for the first time. The study was carried out using mainly non-invasive imaging techniques (photography in reflectance and grazing visible light, UV fluorescence, infrared reflectography, radiography, and computed tomography) and spectroscopic techniques (X-ray fluorescence and infrared spectroscopy). The identification of the constituent materials provides a decisive contribution to the correct historical and artistic placement of the Icon, a treasure of the Eastern European historical community in Sicily. Some hidden details have also been highlighted. Most importantly, the information obtained enables us to define its conservation state, the presence of foreign materials, and to direct its protection and restoration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-42e689f189674e7cbf6f395b90a0c3b72023-11-23T09:46:30ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492021-12-012624759510.3390/molecules26247595Sicilian Byzantine Icons through the Use of Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques and Optical Spectroscopy: The Case of the <i>Madonna dell’Elemosina</i>Francesco Armetta0Gabriella Chirco1Fabrizio Lo Celso2Veronica Ciaramitaro3Eugenio Caponetti4Massimo Midiri5Giuseppe Lo Re6Vladimir Gaishun7Dmitry Kovalenko8Alina Semchenko9Dariusz Hreniak10Maria Luisa Saladino11Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies—STEBICEF, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, I-90128 Palermo, ItalyDepartment Culture e Società, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 15, I-90128 Palermo, ItalyDepartment of Physics and Chemistry “E. Segre”, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 18, I-90128 Palermo, ItalyDepartment of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies—STEBICEF, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, I-90128 Palermo, ItalyDepartment of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies—STEBICEF, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, I-90128 Palermo, ItalyDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, I-90127 Palermo, ItalyDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, I-90127 Palermo, ItalyFaculty of Physics, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Soviet Str. 104, 246019 Gomel, BelarusFaculty of Physics, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Soviet Str. 104, 246019 Gomel, BelarusFaculty of Physics, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Soviet Str. 104, 246019 Gomel, BelarusInstitute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Science, ul. Okólna 2, 50-422 Wrocław, PolandDepartment of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies—STEBICEF, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 17, I-90128 Palermo, ItalyThe iconographic heritage is one of the treasures of Byzantine art that have enriched the south of Italy, and Sicily in particular, since the early 16th century. In this work, the investigations of a Sicilian Icon of Greek-Byzantine origin, the <i>Madonna dell’Elemosina</i>, is reported for the first time. The study was carried out using mainly non-invasive imaging techniques (photography in reflectance and grazing visible light, UV fluorescence, infrared reflectography, radiography, and computed tomography) and spectroscopic techniques (X-ray fluorescence and infrared spectroscopy). The identification of the constituent materials provides a decisive contribution to the correct historical and artistic placement of the Icon, a treasure of the Eastern European historical community in Sicily. Some hidden details have also been highlighted. Most importantly, the information obtained enables us to define its conservation state, the presence of foreign materials, and to direct its protection and restoration.https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/24/7595Byzantine Iconsimaging techniquespigmentsX-ray tomography |
| spellingShingle | Francesco Armetta Gabriella Chirco Fabrizio Lo Celso Veronica Ciaramitaro Eugenio Caponetti Massimo Midiri Giuseppe Lo Re Vladimir Gaishun Dmitry Kovalenko Alina Semchenko Dariusz Hreniak Maria Luisa Saladino Sicilian Byzantine Icons through the Use of Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques and Optical Spectroscopy: The Case of the <i>Madonna dell’Elemosina</i> Molecules Byzantine Icons imaging techniques pigments X-ray tomography |
| title | Sicilian Byzantine Icons through the Use of Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques and Optical Spectroscopy: The Case of the <i>Madonna dell’Elemosina</i> |
| title_full | Sicilian Byzantine Icons through the Use of Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques and Optical Spectroscopy: The Case of the <i>Madonna dell’Elemosina</i> |
| title_fullStr | Sicilian Byzantine Icons through the Use of Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques and Optical Spectroscopy: The Case of the <i>Madonna dell’Elemosina</i> |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sicilian Byzantine Icons through the Use of Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques and Optical Spectroscopy: The Case of the <i>Madonna dell’Elemosina</i> |
| title_short | Sicilian Byzantine Icons through the Use of Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques and Optical Spectroscopy: The Case of the <i>Madonna dell’Elemosina</i> |
| title_sort | sicilian byzantine icons through the use of non invasive imaging techniques and optical spectroscopy the case of the i madonna dell elemosina i |
| topic | Byzantine Icons imaging techniques pigments X-ray tomography |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/24/7595 |
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