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 [...]

After cleaning, four 19th century cast busts of illustrious men decorating a Parisian façade revealed severe deterioration. A network of large cracks 0.5 cm wide gave th [...]

The binders of joint mortars and plasters used during several construction phases in the history of the Benedictine monastery in Riesa have been identified as dolomitic l [...]

Representative samples of 14th century fresco paintings (renders and colour layers) from various Serbian monuments (Byzantine influence sphere) were examined, characteriz [...]

Gypsum was widely used in the production of composite materials in Cyprus in the past, due to its abundance on the island. However, the study of local historic gypsum mor [...]

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 [...]

Currently, several techniques are available for characterisation of mortar binders for research and conservation purposes but not all of them are suitable and affordable [...]

The contribution focuses on microscopic techniques for use in the identification and characterisation of historic mortars, with the assumption that the key information to [...]

This work describes a new analytical diagnosis protocol to assess the environmental impacts on historical mortars acting as supports of wall paintings. The adequate asses [...]

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 [...]