@misc{10481/80742,
year = {2023},
month = {1},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/80742},
abstract = {Hispano-Muslim culture flourished during the Middle Ages in the Iberian Peninsula and
Balearic Islands. During the restoration of a Balearic nobiliary building (casal), several panels with
polychrome decoration on the back side were found. They were part of an old Muslim wooden
ceiling (alfarje). A multi-technique strategy including optical microscopy, infrared and  Raman
spectroscopies, field emission scanning electron microscopy-X-ray microanalysis (FESEM-EDX),
focused ion beam (FIB-FESEM-EDX), atomic force microscopy nanoindentation (AFM-NI), and
gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) has been applied in the analysis of these panel
paintings and has provided morphological and compositional data that have led to the identification
of the materials and artistic technique as well as the alteration mechanisms due to the natural aging
and the adverse conditions of conservation. As a novelty, this study has confirmed the use of indigo
as a blue pigment, an unusual material in Hispano-Muslim panel painting. Apart from the notable
change in the visual appearance observed in the paintings, the study has also confirmed a change in
the mechanical resistance in the paint layers. These changes have been induced by the combination
of the chemical and microbiological alteration mechanisms identified.},
organization = {MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 PID2020-
113022GB-I00 and PID2019-105706GB-I00},
organization = {Ministry of Universities European Union-NextGenerationEU},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Hispano-Muslim Art},
keywords = {Panel painting},
keywords = {Indigo},
keywords = {Panel painting alteration},
keywords = {Calcium oxalate},
keywords = {FIB-FESEM-EDX},
keywords = {AFM-NI},
keywords = {FESEM-EDX},
keywords = {FTIR spectroscopy},
title = {New Insights into the Medieval Hispano-Muslim Panel Painting: The Alfarje Found in a Balearic Casal (Spain)},
doi = {10.3390/molecules28031235},
author = {Álvarez Romero, Carla and García Bueno, Ana and López Martínez, Teresa and Turatti Guerrero, Rafael},
}