art

By casting its critical eye over valuable, old paintings, including some by Salvador Dalí, NIR spectroscopy can help determine which will stand the test of time.

A FieldSpec 4 instrument (ASD, Boulder, CO, USA) to characterise both inorganic and organic materials (pigments and binders) on a number of illuminated manuscripts in order to inform interdisciplinary research and finally provide details of the artistic, cultural, political, social and economic environments in which the manuscripts were created.