"Heritage science and conservation science represent interdisciplinary fields that weave tog... more "Heritage science and conservation science represent interdisciplinary fields that weave together exact sciences (chemistry, physics, biology, geology) and humanistic sciences, thus providing essential information for researching, recording, classifying, preserving, restoring and enhancing cultural heritage for exhibition purposes. Unfortunately, only 13 scientific investigators (physical-chemical investigations) certified as experts currently work in the Romanian museum network and, according to the author’s knowledge, about 5 others are in training, extremely few relative to the mobile heritage they are responsible for studying. The situation is all the more worrying as the number of certified investigators is decreasing every year through retirements and transfers. The training of investigators requires many years of practice. The concern is also accentuated by the lack of posts, of specialist courses and of the equipment needed for investigations. Moreover, the museum investigator / researcher is omitted from the COR (Classification of Occupations in Romania), and the idea of investigation seems to be disappearing from the collective mind. Museum labels, exhibition catalogues, conservation-restoration events, museum databases do not include and are not based on research data, even when research results exist. These problems concern the entire museum network and the passivity of decisionmakers and specialists inevitably contributes to the deterioration of cultural heritage. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to draw attention on this situation, and to justify the importance of physicochemical investigations for the knowledge, conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage."
... 3. T. Tite, L. Miu, M. Giurginca and A. Meghea: Rev. Chem., 2006, 57, (5), 466. 4. M. Derrick... more ... 3. T. Tite, L. Miu, M. Giurginca and A. Meghea: Rev. Chem., 2006, 57, (5), 466. 4. M. Derrick: 'Evaluation of the state of degradation of dead sea scroll samples using FT-IR spectroscopy', 10; 1991, Annual of the Book and Paper Group, the American Institute for Conservation. ...
Ten geological samples (five from each source—Romanian amber and Baltic amber) in duplicate for f... more Ten geological samples (five from each source—Romanian amber and Baltic amber) in duplicate for five different media (air, water, saline, acid and basic) were subjected to thermal alteration at 80 ± 2°C for 12 weeks, in the dark. The samples were analysed before and after the accelerated alteration experiment by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, both in transmittance and reflectance mode, and the acquired spectra were statistically processed by multivariate data analysis, mainly using principal component analysis. The results of the experiment are useful in giving a better picture of how to discriminate between archaeological amber artefacts.
ABSTRACT Ten geological samples (five from each source—Romanian amber and Baltic amber) in duplic... more ABSTRACT Ten geological samples (five from each source—Romanian amber and Baltic amber) in duplicate for five different media (air, water, saline, acid and basic) were subjected to thermal alteration at 80 ± 2°C for 12 weeks, in the dark. The samples were analysed before and after the accelerated alteration experiment by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, both in transmittance and reflectance mode, and the acquired spectra were statistically processed by multivariate data analysis, mainly using principal component analysis. The results of the experiment are useful in giving a better picture of how to discriminate between archaeological amber artefacts.
Confirmed since the 12-th century, the Saxon community in Transylvania developed over the years i... more Confirmed since the 12-th century, the Saxon community in Transylvania developed over the years in a rigorous powerful society, with its own lifestyle, social, economic, cultural and artistic standards. Together with research in historic documents, this society is now revealed by material studies of 18-th to 20-th century objects in the Emil Sigerius collection, preserved in the ASTRA Museum, Sibiu. Embroideries made in Saxon households as well as representative Saxon coats manufactured in workshops and dated between 1892 and 1908 (years embroidered on objects) were studied in terms of dye analysis in order to understand if adoption of new materials goes together with the stylistic improvements. Dye analysis were performed by liquid chromatography with UV-Vis and mass spectrometric detection (LC-DAD-MS), nowadays the most appropriate technique for the characterization and identification of colour components in heritage textiles. MS/MS detection, in its tri-quadrupolar architecture, ...
The International Seminar and Workshop on Emerging Technology and Innovation for Cultural Heritag... more The International Seminar and Workshop on Emerging Technology and Innovation for Cultural Heritage (ETICH) is dedicated to the natural connection between science and conservation. The main aim of ETICH is to bring together conservators, restorers, conservation scientists, chemists, physicians, engineers, teachers and show how interdisciplinary work across a broad range of discipline is contributing to the conservation and sustainable preservation of our cultural heritage. In the last decades the booming developments in chemical, physical and biological science, but also in the fields of electronics and computer sciences, nanomaterials and nanotechnologies has brought us new instruments and methods of great perfection, which present new horizons in the analysis, diagnosis and protection of historical and cultural objects and artefacts. ETICH 2014 is the third edition after previous symposia organised in collaboration with the National Museum of Romania History in 2012 and Romanian Ac...
Il presente studio si propone di individuare un protocollo analitico per la validazione dei proce... more Il presente studio si propone di individuare un protocollo analitico per la validazione dei procedimenti di restauro conservativo della pergamena, che vede l'azione congiunta di conservatori, restauratori e ricercatori. Il metodo adottato consiste in un esame multiscala basato su indagini non-invasive e micro-invasive per caratterizzare le proprietà morfologiche, strutturali e fisico-chimiche della pergamena nuova e di quella sottoposta a trattamenti di invecchiamento artificiale seguiti da operazioni di restauro conservativo come umidificazione diretta con soluzioni idroalcoliche di differenti concentrazioni; ammorbidimento con polietilenglicole e con soluzione acquosa di alcol etilico, urea e cloruro sodico, con crema protettiva a base di lanolina e Bibliobalsamo®crema Frati&Livi, ecc. Le pergamene nuove ottenute presso INCDTP-ICPI di Bucarest sono state precedentemente sottoposte a trattamenti termici mediante radiazione (flussi di calore: 20kW/m 2 e 80 kW/m 2) e convezione (...
"Heritage science and conservation science represent interdisciplinary fields that weave tog... more "Heritage science and conservation science represent interdisciplinary fields that weave together exact sciences (chemistry, physics, biology, geology) and humanistic sciences, thus providing essential information for researching, recording, classifying, preserving, restoring and enhancing cultural heritage for exhibition purposes. Unfortunately, only 13 scientific investigators (physical-chemical investigations) certified as experts currently work in the Romanian museum network and, according to the author’s knowledge, about 5 others are in training, extremely few relative to the mobile heritage they are responsible for studying. The situation is all the more worrying as the number of certified investigators is decreasing every year through retirements and transfers. The training of investigators requires many years of practice. The concern is also accentuated by the lack of posts, of specialist courses and of the equipment needed for investigations. Moreover, the museum investigator / researcher is omitted from the COR (Classification of Occupations in Romania), and the idea of investigation seems to be disappearing from the collective mind. Museum labels, exhibition catalogues, conservation-restoration events, museum databases do not include and are not based on research data, even when research results exist. These problems concern the entire museum network and the passivity of decisionmakers and specialists inevitably contributes to the deterioration of cultural heritage. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to draw attention on this situation, and to justify the importance of physicochemical investigations for the knowledge, conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage."
... 3. T. Tite, L. Miu, M. Giurginca and A. Meghea: Rev. Chem., 2006, 57, (5), 466. 4. M. Derrick... more ... 3. T. Tite, L. Miu, M. Giurginca and A. Meghea: Rev. Chem., 2006, 57, (5), 466. 4. M. Derrick: 'Evaluation of the state of degradation of dead sea scroll samples using FT-IR spectroscopy', 10; 1991, Annual of the Book and Paper Group, the American Institute for Conservation. ...
Ten geological samples (five from each source—Romanian amber and Baltic amber) in duplicate for f... more Ten geological samples (five from each source—Romanian amber and Baltic amber) in duplicate for five different media (air, water, saline, acid and basic) were subjected to thermal alteration at 80 ± 2°C for 12 weeks, in the dark. The samples were analysed before and after the accelerated alteration experiment by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, both in transmittance and reflectance mode, and the acquired spectra were statistically processed by multivariate data analysis, mainly using principal component analysis. The results of the experiment are useful in giving a better picture of how to discriminate between archaeological amber artefacts.
ABSTRACT Ten geological samples (five from each source—Romanian amber and Baltic amber) in duplic... more ABSTRACT Ten geological samples (five from each source—Romanian amber and Baltic amber) in duplicate for five different media (air, water, saline, acid and basic) were subjected to thermal alteration at 80 ± 2°C for 12 weeks, in the dark. The samples were analysed before and after the accelerated alteration experiment by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, both in transmittance and reflectance mode, and the acquired spectra were statistically processed by multivariate data analysis, mainly using principal component analysis. The results of the experiment are useful in giving a better picture of how to discriminate between archaeological amber artefacts.
Confirmed since the 12-th century, the Saxon community in Transylvania developed over the years i... more Confirmed since the 12-th century, the Saxon community in Transylvania developed over the years in a rigorous powerful society, with its own lifestyle, social, economic, cultural and artistic standards. Together with research in historic documents, this society is now revealed by material studies of 18-th to 20-th century objects in the Emil Sigerius collection, preserved in the ASTRA Museum, Sibiu. Embroideries made in Saxon households as well as representative Saxon coats manufactured in workshops and dated between 1892 and 1908 (years embroidered on objects) were studied in terms of dye analysis in order to understand if adoption of new materials goes together with the stylistic improvements. Dye analysis were performed by liquid chromatography with UV-Vis and mass spectrometric detection (LC-DAD-MS), nowadays the most appropriate technique for the characterization and identification of colour components in heritage textiles. MS/MS detection, in its tri-quadrupolar architecture, ...
The International Seminar and Workshop on Emerging Technology and Innovation for Cultural Heritag... more The International Seminar and Workshop on Emerging Technology and Innovation for Cultural Heritage (ETICH) is dedicated to the natural connection between science and conservation. The main aim of ETICH is to bring together conservators, restorers, conservation scientists, chemists, physicians, engineers, teachers and show how interdisciplinary work across a broad range of discipline is contributing to the conservation and sustainable preservation of our cultural heritage. In the last decades the booming developments in chemical, physical and biological science, but also in the fields of electronics and computer sciences, nanomaterials and nanotechnologies has brought us new instruments and methods of great perfection, which present new horizons in the analysis, diagnosis and protection of historical and cultural objects and artefacts. ETICH 2014 is the third edition after previous symposia organised in collaboration with the National Museum of Romania History in 2012 and Romanian Ac...
Il presente studio si propone di individuare un protocollo analitico per la validazione dei proce... more Il presente studio si propone di individuare un protocollo analitico per la validazione dei procedimenti di restauro conservativo della pergamena, che vede l'azione congiunta di conservatori, restauratori e ricercatori. Il metodo adottato consiste in un esame multiscala basato su indagini non-invasive e micro-invasive per caratterizzare le proprietà morfologiche, strutturali e fisico-chimiche della pergamena nuova e di quella sottoposta a trattamenti di invecchiamento artificiale seguiti da operazioni di restauro conservativo come umidificazione diretta con soluzioni idroalcoliche di differenti concentrazioni; ammorbidimento con polietilenglicole e con soluzione acquosa di alcol etilico, urea e cloruro sodico, con crema protettiva a base di lanolina e Bibliobalsamo®crema Frati&Livi, ecc. Le pergamene nuove ottenute presso INCDTP-ICPI di Bucarest sono state precedentemente sottoposte a trattamenti termici mediante radiazione (flussi di calore: 20kW/m 2 e 80 kW/m 2) e convezione (...
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