Paola Ricciardi

Managing a Mental Disorder With New Technologies: TheLeadless Pacemaker in Reel's Syndrome, a Case Report

Paolo Liberato Magliano, F Scotto Di Uccio, R. Persico, Ciro Provvisiero et autres

Reel's syndrome (RS) is an unusual cause of pacemaker lead dislodgement. We present the case of a 59-year-old female patient with Down syndrome (DS) implanted with a dual-chamber endovascular pacemaker due to symptomatic sinus node disfunction, reporting several syncopal episodes in last …

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Leonardo da Vinci’s Ginevra de' Benci: The palette and further observations on underdrawing and undermodeling

John K. Delaney, Kathryn A. Dooley, Lisha Deming Glinsman, Paola Ricciardi et autres

To further our understanding of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting practices, a new scientific research study was conducted on Ginevra de' Benci, c. 1474/1478. More information about the preparatory underdrawing, undermodeling, and palette was obtained. The new analysis included multispectral infrared reflectography at …

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Use of standard analytical tools to detect small amounts of smalt in the presence of ultramarine as observed in 15th-century Venetian illuminated manuscripts

Paola Ricciardi, Kathryn A. Dooley, Douglas K. MacLennan, Giulia Bertolotti et autres

Abstract A previous preliminary study of 15th-century Venetian manuscript fragments by the Master of the Murano Gradual identified the presence of cobalt in many ultramarine blue areas, suggesting the presence of smalt. This would represent an early use of this glassy pigment …

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Non-Invasive Technical Investigation of English Portrait Miniatures Attributed to Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver

Flavia Fiorillo, Lucía Burgio, Christine Slottved Kimbriel, Paola Ricciardi

This study presents the results of the technical investigation carried out on several English portrait miniatures painted in the 16th and 17th century by Nicholas Hilliard and Isaac Oliver, two of the most famous limners working at the Tudor and Stuart courts. …

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UV-visible-near IR reflectance spectrophotometry in a museum environment

Paola Ricciardi

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Mieke Adriaens, Stephen Bauters, A. Denker, Mark G. Dowsett et autres

Secrets of a Silent Miniaturist: Findings from a Technical Study of Miniatures Attributed to Isaac Oliver

Christine Slottved Kimbriel, Paola Ricciardi

An evidently accomplished draughtsman, Isaac Oliver (circa 1565-1617) remains an enigmatic artist in many respects.While Nicholas Hilliard's treatise on the art of limning provides considerable insight into his material use, techniques, and self-perception, no equivalent documentary evidence survives from Oliver's hand, and …

How Thomas Cromwell used cut and paste to insert himself into Henry VIII’s Great Bible

Eyal Poleg, Paola Ricciardi

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The importance of being little: MA‐XRF on manuscripts on a Venetian island

Anna Mazzinghi, Chiara Ruberto, Lisa Castelli, Paola Ricciardi et autres

The X‐Ray Fluorescence (XRF) scanning spectrometer developed in the framework of Cultural Heritage Network ‐ National Institute of Nuclear Physics, is specifically customised for cultural heritage applications, designed with a focus on having a lightweight scanner (weighing approximately 10 kg), easy to …

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New evidence for the intentional use of calomel as a white pigment

Mila Crippa, Stefano Legnaioli, Christine Slottved Kimbriel, Paola Ricciardi

Abstract In this work, we report the results of the in situ application of micro‐Raman spectroscopy to the analysis of two historic painted objects: a 15th‐century illuminated manuscript and a late 16th‐century portrait miniature. Both objects were unexpectedly found to contain calomel …

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Manuscripts in the Making: Art and Science

Paola Ricciardi

The Choir Books of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice: Results of in Depth Non-Invasive Analyses

Paola Ricciardi, Anna Mazzinghi, Stefano Legnaioli, Chiara Ruberto et autres

This paper discusses a cross-disciplinary, international collaboration aimed at researching a series of 15th century choir books at the abbey of San Giorgio Maggiore on the homonymous island in Venice. Produced for the abbey itself, the books have never left the island …

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