Calcareous nannofossil assemblage in paintings chalk ground for provenance analysis: three original paintings compared to european source materials

Abstract Chalk has been used since Antiquity for various purposes, and since Gothic for preparatory layers of painted cultural heritage objects. Several materials are called chalk in Cultural Heritage, but this work especially focuses on chalk composed of calcareous nannofossils (up to 98%). These a...

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Main Authors: Victory Armida Janine Jaques, Katarína Holcová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-07-01
Series:Heritage Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-00974-9