Akademska digitalna zbirka SLovenije - logo
E-viri
Recenzirano Odprti dostop
  • Sicilian Byzantine Icons th...
    Armetta, Francesco; Chirco, Gabriella; Lo Celso, Fabrizio; Ciaramitaro, Veronica; Caponetti, Eugenio; Midiri, Massimo; Lo Re, Giuseppe; Gaishun, Vladimir; Kovalenko, Dmitry; Semchenko, Alina; Hreniak, Dariusz; Saladino, Maria Luisa

    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 12/2021, Letnik: 26, Številka: 24
    Journal Article

    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 , 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.