The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 4

Edited by David Saunders

Book cover: The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 4

Extent: 108 pages

Publisher: Archetype Publications Ltd 

Subjects: Art & Art History, Book History, Conservation, & Museum Studies

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(November 2010)

ISBN: 9781904982555

8.27 x 11.65 inches

Price: $70.00

In stock

This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers a forum to show a dynamic behind-the-scenes glimpse of the current work which curators, conservators and scientists have conducted on a range of artefacts and materials across the collections at the British Museum.


This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers a forum to show a dynamic behind-the-scenes glimpse of the current work which curators, conservators and scientists have conducted on a range of artefacts and materials across the collections at the British Museum.

Foreword

David Saunders

The image revealed: study and conservation of a mid-nineteenth-century Ethiopian church painting

Heidi Cutts, Lynne Harrison, Catherine Higgitt and Pippa Cruickshank

Coatings and contents: investigations of residues on four fragmentary sixth-century BC vessels from Naukratis (Egypt)

Rebecca Stacey, Caroline Cartwright, Satoko Tanimoto and Alexandra Villing

A gold four-horse model chariot from the Oxus Treasure: a fine illustration of Achaemenid goldwork

Aude Mongiatti, Nigel Meeks and St John Simpson

The 'Treu Head': a case study in Roman sculptural polychromy

Giovanni Verri, Thorsten Opper and Thibaut Deviese

Change and stasis: the technology of Dark Age metalwork from the Carpathian Basin

Paul Craddock, Michael Cowell, Duncan Hook, Michael Hughes, Susan La Niece and Nigel Meeks

Investigating the construction methods of an opus vermiculatum mosaic panel

Melina Smirniou, Giovanni Verri, Paul Roberts, Andrew Meek and Michela Spataro

Assessing the effects of alkaline desalination treatments for archaeological iron using scanning electron microscopy

Melanie Rimmer and Quanyu Wang

Colour holography of the oldest known work of art from Wales

Hans Bjelkhagen and Jill Cook

New light on old swords from Iran

St John Simpson and Susan La Niece,

Foreword

David Saunders

The image revealed: study and conservation of a mid-nineteenth-century Ethiopian church painting

Heidi Cutts, Lynne Harrison, Catherine Higgitt and Pippa Cruickshank

Coatings and contents: investigations of residues on four fragmentary sixth-century BC vessels from Naukratis (Egypt)

Rebecca Stacey, Caroline Cartwright, Satoko Tanimoto and Alexandra Villing

A gold four-horse model chariot from the Oxus Treasure: a fine illustration of Achaemenid goldwork

Aude Mongiatti, Nigel Meeks and St John Simpson

The 'Treu Head': a case study in Roman sculptural polychromy

Giovanni Verri, Thorsten Opper and Thibaut Deviese

Change and stasis: the technology of Dark Age metalwork from the Carpathian Basin

Paul Craddock, Michael Cowell, Duncan Hook, Michael Hughes, Susan La Niece and Nigel Meeks

Investigating the construction methods of an opus vermiculatum mosaic panel

Melina Smirniou, Giovanni Verri, Paul Roberts, Andrew Meek and Michela Spataro

Assessing the effects of alkaline desalination treatments for archaeological iron using scanning electron microscopy

Melanie Rimmer and Quanyu Wang

Colour holography of the oldest known work of art from Wales

Hans Bjelkhagen and Jill Cook

New light on old swords from Iran

St John Simpson and Susan La Niece

  • Edited by David Saunders