Analytical Study for Coptic Wall Painting in Mazar El-Khorogin Bagawat Tombs – Wady El Gaded – Egypt

<strong>This research is to study the chemical composition of the wall paintings in Mazar El- Khorog in Bagawat tombs for the first time. The paper presents the mineral structure for the support, plaster and pigments by using SEM- EDS, XRD, FTIR, and DTA. The results show that the support is a...

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Autores principales: Abeer F. ELHAGRASSY, Hemdan EL METWALY, Fatma M. HELMY, Sherif EL- NAGDY
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0b8f7b048aa74cc0a48fa88cb84008022021-12-02T09:48:14ZAnalytical Study for Coptic Wall Painting in Mazar El-Khorogin Bagawat Tombs – Wady El Gaded – Egypt2356-87042536-995410.36816/shedet.001.05https://doaj.org/article/0b8f7b048aa74cc0a48fa88cb84008022014-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://shedet.journals.ekb.eg/article_87637_2dfdaeaeda354745c2997c86df97abe8.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2356-8704https://doaj.org/toc/2536-9954<strong>This research is to study the chemical composition of the wall paintings in Mazar El- Khorog in Bagawat tombs for the first time. The paper presents the mineral structure for the support, plaster and pigments by using SEM- EDS, XRD, FTIR, and DTA. The results show that the support is a Kaolinite (Al2Si2O5(OH)4) as a major mineral and both of Quartz (SiO2) and Gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O) as trace minerals.The thin layer of the plaster was contained Quartz addition to Gypsum and a little of Calcite (CaCO3).The white pigment was containing of a mix of Gypsum and a Dolomite powder (CaMg(CO3)2, the orange pigment was containing from Geothite (FeOOH), the brown pigment was containing from Hematite (Fe2O3) and Graphite (C ), The Black Pigment was a Graphite , and the Green Pigment was from the Celadonite.The result shows that the wall painting was prepared without medium which means that the wall painting technique is a Fresco Technique.</strong>Abeer F. ELHAGRASSYHemdan EL METWALYFatma M. HELMYSherif EL- NAGDYFayoum Universityarticlecopticwall paintingfrescorestorationconservationAuxiliary sciences of historyCArchaeologyCC1-960ENShedet, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 59-78 (2014)
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topic coptic
wall painting
fresco
restoration
conservation
Auxiliary sciences of history
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Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle coptic
wall painting
fresco
restoration
conservation
Auxiliary sciences of history
C
Archaeology
CC1-960
Abeer F. ELHAGRASSY
Hemdan EL METWALY
Fatma M. HELMY
Sherif EL- NAGDY
Analytical Study for Coptic Wall Painting in Mazar El-Khorogin Bagawat Tombs – Wady El Gaded – Egypt
description <strong>This research is to study the chemical composition of the wall paintings in Mazar El- Khorog in Bagawat tombs for the first time. The paper presents the mineral structure for the support, plaster and pigments by using SEM- EDS, XRD, FTIR, and DTA. The results show that the support is a Kaolinite (Al2Si2O5(OH)4) as a major mineral and both of Quartz (SiO2) and Gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O) as trace minerals.The thin layer of the plaster was contained Quartz addition to Gypsum and a little of Calcite (CaCO3).The white pigment was containing of a mix of Gypsum and a Dolomite powder (CaMg(CO3)2, the orange pigment was containing from Geothite (FeOOH), the brown pigment was containing from Hematite (Fe2O3) and Graphite (C ), The Black Pigment was a Graphite , and the Green Pigment was from the Celadonite.The result shows that the wall painting was prepared without medium which means that the wall painting technique is a Fresco Technique.</strong>
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author Abeer F. ELHAGRASSY
Hemdan EL METWALY
Fatma M. HELMY
Sherif EL- NAGDY
author_facet Abeer F. ELHAGRASSY
Hemdan EL METWALY
Fatma M. HELMY
Sherif EL- NAGDY
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title Analytical Study for Coptic Wall Painting in Mazar El-Khorogin Bagawat Tombs – Wady El Gaded – Egypt
title_short Analytical Study for Coptic Wall Painting in Mazar El-Khorogin Bagawat Tombs – Wady El Gaded – Egypt
title_full Analytical Study for Coptic Wall Painting in Mazar El-Khorogin Bagawat Tombs – Wady El Gaded – Egypt
title_fullStr Analytical Study for Coptic Wall Painting in Mazar El-Khorogin Bagawat Tombs – Wady El Gaded – Egypt
title_full_unstemmed Analytical Study for Coptic Wall Painting in Mazar El-Khorogin Bagawat Tombs – Wady El Gaded – Egypt
title_sort analytical study for coptic wall painting in mazar el-khorogin bagawat tombs – wady el gaded – egypt
publisher Fayoum University
publishDate 2014
url https://doaj.org/article/0b8f7b048aa74cc0a48fa88cb8400802
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