Evaluation of the Irradiation Treatment Effects on Ancient Parchment Samples
In this work, the effect of X-ray irradiation as a disinfection treatment in original ancient parchment samples, belonging to a discarded book cover of a 16th-century archival register, has been evaluated. Specifically, the bacterial and fungal species isolated from the book cover have been characte...
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| author | Monia Vadrucci Cristina Cicero Claudia Mazzuca Leonardo Severini Daniela Uccelletti Emily Schifano Fulvio Mercuri Ugo Zammit Noemi Orazi Francesco D’Amico Pietro Parisse |
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| description | In this work, the effect of X-ray irradiation as a disinfection treatment in original ancient parchment samples, belonging to a discarded book cover of a 16th-century archival register, has been evaluated. Specifically, the bacterial and fungal species isolated from the book cover have been characterized and then irradiated with increasing doses of X-rays with the aim to evaluate the effectiveness of the antimicrobial protocol on the isolated microorganisms. The deterioration effects induced by the X-ray treatment as well as the natural aging on the collagen matrix of the parchment sample have been tested by employing several techniques, namely, Light Transmission Analysis, Fiber Optic Reflectance Spectroscopy, Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transformed Infrared spectroscopy, UV Resonant Raman spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy. The results reveal that the irradiation treatment applied to our ancient parchment samples deteriorated by biological attack and other naturally occurring phenomena, possibly associated with inappropriate conservation conditions, does not seem to induce further damage factors even when large doses of irradiation are employed. The X-rays-based disinfection treatment effects are limited on the collagen support and this confirms the potential of this method in mass disinfection of library and archival materials. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7fc034f148c740158c2529e508d6611a2023-11-16T20:48:19ZengMDPI AGHeritage2571-94082023-01-01621308132410.3390/heritage6020072Evaluation of the Irradiation Treatment Effects on Ancient Parchment SamplesMonia Vadrucci0Cristina Cicero1Claudia Mazzuca2Leonardo Severini3Daniela Uccelletti4Emily Schifano5Fulvio Mercuri6Ugo Zammit7Noemi Orazi8Francesco D’Amico9Pietro Parisse10Particle Accelerator for Medical Application Laboratory, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Science and Research Direction, Italian Space Agency (ASI), Via del Politecnico, 00133 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Literary, Philosophical and Art History Studies, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via Columbia 1, 00133 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology “Charles Darwin,” Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology “Charles Darwin,” Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, ItalyBeamline IUVS, Sincrotrone Trieste in Area Science Park, S.S. 14 km 163.5, 34012 Basovizza, ItalyIstituto Officina dei Materiali, CNR, S.S. 14 km 163.5 in Area Science Park, 34149 Basovizza, ItalyIn this work, the effect of X-ray irradiation as a disinfection treatment in original ancient parchment samples, belonging to a discarded book cover of a 16th-century archival register, has been evaluated. Specifically, the bacterial and fungal species isolated from the book cover have been characterized and then irradiated with increasing doses of X-rays with the aim to evaluate the effectiveness of the antimicrobial protocol on the isolated microorganisms. The deterioration effects induced by the X-ray treatment as well as the natural aging on the collagen matrix of the parchment sample have been tested by employing several techniques, namely, Light Transmission Analysis, Fiber Optic Reflectance Spectroscopy, Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transformed Infrared spectroscopy, UV Resonant Raman spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy. The results reveal that the irradiation treatment applied to our ancient parchment samples deteriorated by biological attack and other naturally occurring phenomena, possibly associated with inappropriate conservation conditions, does not seem to induce further damage factors even when large doses of irradiation are employed. The X-rays-based disinfection treatment effects are limited on the collagen support and this confirms the potential of this method in mass disinfection of library and archival materials.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/2/72parchmentbio-deteriorationdisinfection treatmentX-ray irradiationnuclear treatmentgreen disinfection |
| spellingShingle | Monia Vadrucci Cristina Cicero Claudia Mazzuca Leonardo Severini Daniela Uccelletti Emily Schifano Fulvio Mercuri Ugo Zammit Noemi Orazi Francesco D’Amico Pietro Parisse Evaluation of the Irradiation Treatment Effects on Ancient Parchment Samples Heritage parchment bio-deterioration disinfection treatment X-ray irradiation nuclear treatment green disinfection |
| title | Evaluation of the Irradiation Treatment Effects on Ancient Parchment Samples |
| title_full | Evaluation of the Irradiation Treatment Effects on Ancient Parchment Samples |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Irradiation Treatment Effects on Ancient Parchment Samples |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Irradiation Treatment Effects on Ancient Parchment Samples |
| title_short | Evaluation of the Irradiation Treatment Effects on Ancient Parchment Samples |
| title_sort | evaluation of the irradiation treatment effects on ancient parchment samples |
| topic | parchment bio-deterioration disinfection treatment X-ray irradiation nuclear treatment green disinfection |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/2/72 |
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