The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 8

Edited by David Saunders

Book cover: The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 8

Extent: 132 pages

Publisher: Archetype Publications Ltd 

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

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(November 2014)

ISBN: 9781909492141

8.27 x 11.69 inches

Price: $70.00

In stock

This bulletin, is the latest part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The 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 the latest 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

Technical study of a rare Venetian turquoise glass goblet from the Waddesdon Bequest - Dora Thornton, Ian Freestone, William Gudenrath, Martina Bertini, Andrew Meek and Denise Ling

Technological insights into madder pigment production in antiquity - Vincent Daniels, Thibaut Deviese, Marei Hacke and Catherine Higgitt

Sacred souvenir: the Holy Sepulchre models in the British Museum - Jonathan Williams, Philip Kevin, Caroline Cartwright and Jacob Norris

The study and conservation of the silk painting Death of the Buddha - Keisuke Sugiyama, Tim Clark, Janet Ambers and Giovanni Verri

Etruscan women's clothing and its decoration: the polychrome gypsum statue from the 'Isis Tomb' at Vulci - Giovanni Verri, Margarita Gleba, Judith Swaddling, Timothy Long, Janet Ambers and Tomasina Munden

An Aleut cape and cap made of sea mammal intestine: from storage to display - Vanessa Saiz Gomez, Caroline R. Cartwright, Jonathan C.H. King and Pippa Cruickshank

Xenon flash for reflectance and luminescence (multispectral) imaging in cultural heritage applications - Giovanni Verri and David Saunders

Polychromy in Roman Egypt: a study of a limestone sculpture of the Egyptian god Horus - Joanne Dyer, Elisabeth R. O'Connell and Antony Simpson

Microscopical examination of fibres used in Ming dynasty paper money - Caroline R. Cartwright, Christina M. Duffy and Helen Wang

Analysis of pigment palettes as evidence for room status in Nero's Golden House - Emma Payne and Dirk Booms,

Foreword - David Saunders

Technical study of a rare Venetian turquoise glass goblet from the Waddesdon Bequest - Dora Thornton, Ian Freestone, William Gudenrath, Martina Bertini, Andrew Meek and Denise Ling

Technological insights into madder pigment production in antiquity - Vincent Daniels, Thibaut Devièse, Marei Hacke and Catherine Higgitt

Sacred souvenir: the Holy Sepulchre models in the British Museum - Jonathan Williams, Philip Kevin, Caroline Cartwright and Jacob Norris

The study and conservation of the silk painting Death of the Buddha - Keisuke Sugiyama, Tim Clark, Janet Ambers and Giovanni Verri

Etruscan women’s clothing and its decoration: the polychrome gypsum statue from the ‘Isis Tomb’ at Vulci - Giovanni Verri, Margarita Gleba, Judith Swaddling, Timothy Long, Janet Ambers and Tomasina Munden

An Aleut cape and cap made of sea mammal intestine: from storage to display - Vanessa Sáiz Gómez, Caroline R. Cartwright, Jonathan C.H. King and Pippa Cruickshank

Xenon flash for reflectance and luminescence (multispectral) imaging in cultural heritage applications - Giovanni Verri and David Saunders

Polychromy in Roman Egypt: a study of a limestone sculpture of the Egyptian god Horus - Joanne Dyer, Elisabeth R. O’Connell and Antony Simpson

Microscopical examination of fibres used in Ming dynasty paper money - Caroline R. Cartwright, Christina M. Duffy and Helen Wang

Analysis of pigment palettes as evidence for room status in Nero’s Golden House - Emma Payne and Dirk Booms

  • Edited by David Saunders