The rise of an inlaid metalwork industry in Khurasan, eastern Iran, during the second half of the twelfth century constitutes one of the canonical subjects of Islamic art history. The spectacular candlesticks, ewers and pen-boxes that form the most common products of the Khurasani metalwork industry are among the objects of Islamic art most familiar to any museumgoer in Europe or the United Sta...

In malaria-endemic Africa, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and malaria conspire to threaten maternal health: in some regions, nearly 12% of women are coinfected with HIV and malaria parasites during pregnancy [1–4]. Both HIV infection and antenatal malaria individually increase the risks of miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm delivery, and intrauterine growth retardation [1,5]; these ...

This study is concerned with recent analyses of seven marble statues from the imperial cycle Augusteum Rusellae, in south Tuscany, Italy. The sculptures represent deified couple Augustus and Livia, Livilla, Claudius, an anonymous young girl a headless cuirassed emperor (maybe Domitian). In addition, fragment leg, another statue, was also considered. All them are preserved city Grosseto, Maremma...

Abstract The formation of the gold layer in mercury gilding occurs through heating a amalgam. As result, mechanism and technical characteristics gilded products are closely related to temperature at which they heated. In this study, XRD XPS analysis copper-gilded coronet from Sui or Tang dynasties revealed that Au 3 Cu was one main phases layer. Therefore, base on thermodynamic stability ordere...

The application of varnishes on the surface metal objects has been a very common practice since antiquity, both for protective and aesthetic purposes. One specific case concerns use tinted copper alloys in order to mimic gilding. This practice, especially flourishing 19th century scientific instruments, decorative objects, liturgical items, results large museum collections varnished that need b...