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Currently, several techniques are available for characterisation of mortar binders for research and conservation purposes but not all of them are suitable and affordable [...]
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The highly durable pozzolanic mortars of wall concretes from the Theater of Marcellus and Great Hall of Trajan’s Markets preserve traces of micromorphological textures [...]
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Drdácký, M.
Non-standard tests are carried out on specimens made of materials extracted from historical objects, and they typically have non standard dimensions. Assessments of stren [...]
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The use of whole gypsum plasters, i.e. made of gypsum binder and coarse selenite aggregate, still can be found in several historic buildings in Italy (both monumental and [...]
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The consolidation process of old renders with loss of cohesion is nowadays performed usually with inorganic compatible products, such as calcium or barium hydroxide or et [...]
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The city of Coimbra was the first capital of Portugal, in the 12th century. This city has archaeological remains from before the Roman time. The existing buildings predom [...]
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Renders and plasters have been continuously used for covering the masonry walls of dwellings even from the Neolithic period. This paper focuses on the analysis and charac [...]
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Vieira, E.S.
This paper presents the main stucco techniques used for decorative artwork in interior walls across the wide chronological span. This study is based on Archaeology and Ar [...]
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Hohlfelder, R.L.
Roman hydraulic maritime concretes of the central Italian coast have Flegrean vitric tuff as coarse aggregate and mortar pozzolan. Pozzolanic reaction at high pH produced [...]
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This paper presents the XRD, XRF and porosimetry analyses and SEMEDX observations of nine mortars: three Egyptian plasters (New Kingdom, 15th 11th century BC) and six Mer [...]
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The definition of the composition, the technological process and, last but not least, the provenance of the raw materials of historical mortars is still difficult and uns [...]
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This article presents the restoration process performed within the Church of Santíssimo Sacramento (Blessed Sacrament) in Lisbon, namely covering the repair of damaged r [...]
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In this paper, compressive strength, porosity and two “in situ” techniques (ultrasonic velocity and rebound hardness test) are used for the characterisation of mortar [...]
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Teatro Nacional de S. João (TNSJ) is the main theatre in the city of Porto, located in the city centre and built in 1918. TNSJ was designed by the well-known architect M [...]
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A multidisciplinary research project has been initiated to study wall plaster fragments found in recent archaeological excavations in Marseilles. The chemical, petrograph [...]
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In order to achieve the issues of compatibility for the design of new repair products a complete characterization of the original materials is of extreme importance. Gyps [...]
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The rehabilitation and preservation of the watermills of rivers Alferreira and Barrocas, is part of a plan promoted by the Municipality of Gavião in order to preserve a [...]
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Mineral ore exploitation of the Lavreotike in southeast Attica reached its apogee in the 5th-4th centuries B.C. with silver revenues from the site contributing to the glo [...]
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The natural pozzolans studied are commercial products and come from the volcanic islands of Milos and Kimolos as well as North Greece mainland. The materials were charact [...]
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A new fast-setting cement, called Roman cement, appeared recently in the market. To identify the possibilities of using it in the field of cultural heritage, it is import [...]
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Qaser Qarun temple is located in the western edge of Qarun Lake in El Fayoum Governorate. It is about 40 km from the capital El Fayoum and 120 km South east of Cairo, Egy [...]
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Natural or Roman cements were the first modern cements to be industrially produced at the beginning of the 19th century in Europe. Used equally by engineers for their hyd [...]
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The contribution focuses on microscopic techniques for use in the identification and characterisation of historic mortars, with the assumption that the key information to [...]
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Tarsus, located in southern Anatolia (Asia Minor), was one of the important urban-centres of the Roman Province Cilicia. This paper aims to provide an extensive character [...]
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The plasters of the 16th century Cavallerizza Courtyard in the Ducal Palace in Mantua (Italy) were designed to imitate natural stones (rustication work, carved marble, et [...]
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The purpose of the present research work was the mineralogical, mechanical and microstructure characterization of the gypsum mortars sampled from the internal parts of th [...]
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Ancient mortars have proved to be durable and reliable materials even when submitted to severe conditions of salts and high humidity. This study intends to contribute to [...]
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The need to formulate mortar compositions with adequate durability and compatibility is nowadays one of the major challenges in historical buildings repair. The incorpora [...]
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The Chapel of Bones, which belongs to S. Francisco Church, probably dated from the end of the sixteenth century is one of the best known monuments in Évora – Portugal. [...]
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Mazzino, F.
The paper presents a part of cultural landscape of Genoa. The landscape was completely transformed between 16th and 17th centuries in the countryside ‘villeggiatura’. [...]
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This article intends to provide awareness to the particular value of sgraffito in architectonic surfaces and alert towards the need to safeguard its aesthetical and mater [...]
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This contribution is part of a research project aimed at developing a methodology for the emergency stabilization of historic buildings damaged by the 2009 Abruzzo earthq [...]
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Compatibility requirements for repair mortars used in restoration works are defined based on the original mortar characteristics, but the quality and the performance of t [...]
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Roman cement was extensively used to decorate facades during the nineteenth and beginning of twentieth Century. The interest of this material has been revisited recently [...]
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Roman cement was patented in 1796 and used extensively throughout European architecture of the 19th and early 20th centuries before the domination of Portland cement and [...]
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Bulk samples of mortars were collected from Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine historic constructions. The main scope of this work is to investigate the technological tran [...]
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Beylerbeyi Palace was built between 1861 and 1865 as a royal palace in Istanbul, Turkey. Having a masonry structural system the palace has some earthquake oriented damage [...]
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Climatic and environmental conditions are often very severe for construction materials, namely in the presence of high humidity or in direct contact with water. However, [...]
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The Santissimo Sacramento Convent, in Alcântara quarter in Lisbon, was an innovative architectural project in the 17th century and one of the most important ecclesiastic [...]
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Eleven hydraulic concretes from ancient Roman harbours around the Mediterranean seacoast were drilled by the Romacons team in 2002–2009. In 2008–2009 the same team ex [...]
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The Roman Villa at Piazza Armerina in Sicily, built in many successive steps over the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D., is renowned all over the world for both the wealth and t [...]
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In southern Portugal over one hundred Roman villae have been identified; such villae are examples of typical Roman rural construction and have led to the characterisation [...]
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