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The reconversion of oxidized white lead in mural paintings: a control after a five year period

Abstract: In many mural paintings where white lead was used, such a transformation to a brown product occurred, to modify greatly the chromatic value of the painting. In 1975 M. Matteini ascertained the nature of the brown derived from the transformation of Biacca, and determined a methodology to reconvert it into white lead. Tests were carried out and gave positive and satisfactory results. After five years, an accurate control of the areas treated took place and no type of drawback was found. The treatment was therefore given to the whole of the fresco and it is believed that such a methodology can be applied safely on other mural paintings where the same phenomenon of oxidation is present. See AATA 17-554.

Repertory of the preserved wallpaintings from the monastery of Apa Jeremiah at Sqqara

Abstract: List, with detailed descriptions, of all the mural paintings from the monastery of S. Jeremiah in the Coptic Museum, Cairo. Subjects represented include Christ in Majesty, the Virgin nuring, standing saints, virues in the form of angels, sacrifice of Isaac, and decorative motifs. Contains two appendices: Some remarks about technique and colours, by Huijbers; and Some iconographical remarks on the apsidal compositions in Apa Jeremiah: a Status Quaestionis, by van Moorsel. -- AATA

The Kingscote Wall-Paintings

Abstract: During the early stages of excavation at the Chessalls, Kingscote, Gloucestershire (ST 8065 9608) late in 1975, several large fragments of wall-plaster were exposed in the destruction debris of an early-fourth-century building with mortared stone walls. Subsequent excavation revealed that the plaster was lying in situ, face up and face down, concertina fashion, as it had fallen. Dr Norman Davey gave instruction and assistance in the lifting of this material and it was removed to his workshop in Potterne, near Devizes, for reconstruction to be carried out. As a result of several months of painstaking work Dr Davey was able to restore large areas of a mural painting or paintings, which will shortly be put on exhibition in the Corinium Museum, Cirencester.

War Dogs in the Spanish Expedition Mural, Canyon Del Muerto, Arizona?

Abstract: Close examination and analysis of the Spanish Expedition Mural show that Dix's (1980) “war dogs” are later than the main figures and indicate them to be horses, not canines.