Mummy Portraits and Related

[Book] Decorated surfaces on ancient Egyptian objects: technology, deterioration and conservation:
proceedings of a conference held in Cambridge, UK on 7-8 September 2007. Dawson, J.; Rozeik, C. and
Wright, M. (Editors). Archetype Publications Ltd., London, United Kingdom pp. 106-121 (2010)

Includes: Rowe, S., Siddall, R., and Stacey, R. “Roman Egyptian gilded cartonnage: technical study and
conservation of a mummy mask from Hawara.”

Bender Jørgensen, L. “Clavi and Non-clavi: Definitions of Various Bands on Roman Textiles,” Purpureae
Vestes III. Textiles y Tintes en la ciudad antiqua. Actas del III Symposium Internacional sobre Textiles y
Tintes del Mediterráneo en el mundo antiguo (Naples 2008). pp. 75-81 (2011)

Bierbrier M.L., Editor, Portraits and Masks: Burial Customs in Roman Egypt, British Museum (1997)

Bierbrier, M., Cartwright, C.R., Filer, J., Humphrey, S., Middleton, A. & Walker, S. “New light on ancient
faces,” British Museum Magazine 27; 36-39 (1997)

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collaborative research on wood identification,” British Museum Technical Research Bulletin 5 pp. 49-58.
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Cartwright, C. and Middleton, A. “Scientific aspects of ancient faces: mummy portraits from Egypt,”
British Museum Technical Research Bulletin 2 pp. 59-66 (2008)
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Parlasca,K. Ritratti di Mummie, Repertorio d'arte dell'Egitto greco-romano, Serie B, Vol. IV L'Erma di
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Van der Pharaanenzeit bis zur Spätantike. Kulturelle Vielfalt im Fayum Akten def 5. Internationalen
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Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan (1979)

Salvant, J., et. al “A Roman Egyptian Painting Workshop: Technical Investigation of the Portraits from
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Scott, D. A. “Greener shades of pale: a review of advances in the characterization of ancient Egyptian
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Walton, M., Trentelman, K. “Romano-Egyptian Red Lead Pigment: A Subsidiary Commodity of Spanish
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Baines, J., “Color Terminology and Color Classification: Ancient Egyptian Color Terminology and
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Dunn, J., Roman Era Funerary Portrait Painting (internet:

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applicability in Modern Art, craft and conservation, Gotenborg Studies and Conservation 9. (2002)

Granzotto, C., Arslanoglu, J., “Revealing the binding medium of a Roman Egyptian painted mummy
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Laurie, A.P., Greek and Roman painting Methods: Some comments on the Statements made by Pliny and
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Imaging of pigments or portraits

[Book] Conservation and the eastern Mediterranean: contributions to the Istanbul Congress, 20-24
September 2010. Rozeik, C., Roy, A., and Saunders, D. (Editors). International Institute for Conservation
of Historic and Artistic Works, London, United Kingdom (2010)

Includes: Verri, G., Saunders, D., Ambers, J., and Sweek, T., “Digital mapping of Egyptian blue:
conservation implications,” pp. 220-224

Cosentino, A. “Infrared technical photography for art examination,” e-Preservation Science. (2016)
13, 1-6

Cosentino, A. “Identification of pigments by multispectral imaging; a flowchart method,” Heritage

Science 2:8 (2014)
http://www.heritagesciencejournal.com/content/2/1/8

Cosentino, A. “Photoshop and Multispectral Imaging for Art Documentation,” e-Preservation Science 11,
pp. 91-98. (2014)
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Dyer, J., Verri, G., Cupitt, J., Multispectral Imaging in Reflectance and Photo-induced Luminescence
modes: A User Manual Version 1 (Oct. 2013)
http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/charisma-multispectral-imaging-manual-2013.pdf

Verri, G., Saunders, D. “Xenon flash for reflectance and luminescence (multispectral) imaging
in cultural heritage applications,” The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 8 pp. 83-92
(2014)

Keats Webb, E., Summerour, R,. Giaccai, J., “A case study using multiband and hyperspectral imaging for
the identification and characterization of materials on archaeological Andean painted textiles,” Textile
Specialty Group Postprints Volume 24: 23-35 (2014)

Scientific Analysis

Baronti, S., Casini, A., Lotti, F., Porcinai, S. “Multispectral imaging system for the mapping of pigments in
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Casadio, Francesca; Leona, Marco; Lombardi, John R.; Van Duyne, Richard, “Identification of Organic
Colorants in Fibers, Paints, and Glazes by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy,” Accounts of Chemical
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Clementi, C., et al., “Vibrational and electronic properties of painting lakes,” Applied Physics A 92, 25
(2008).

Colinart, S., and Grappin-Wsevolojsky, S., “Le Cire Punique: Etude critique des recettes antiques et de
leur interpretation, application aux portraits de Fayoum,” ICOM committee for Conservation 12th
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Colombini, M.P. et al., “Characterization of the Balm of an Egyptian Mummy for the Seventh Century
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Cosentino, A., “FORS Spectral Database of Historical Pigments in Different Binders,” E-Conservation
Journal, Issue 2 (2014) pp.53-65
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Freccero, A. Fayum Portraits: Documentation and Scientific Analysis of Mummy Portraits Belonging to
Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis (2000)

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Leona, M., Hoffmann,R., “Microanalysis of Organic Pigments and Glazes in Polychrome Works of Art by
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Liang, H., “Advances in multispectral and hyperspectral imaging for archaeology and art
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British Museum Technical Research Bulletin 2. pp. 59-66 (2008)

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samples,” Annals of Botany 116 (1). pp. 1-13. (2015)
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Technology

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Nicholson and Shaw (editors), Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technologies, Cambridge University Press
(2000)

Conservation Related

Jaeschke, R., Jaeschke, H. “The cleaning and consolidation of Egyptian Encaustic Mummy Portraits,” IIC
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