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ABSTRACT
The low-durability glasses used in medieval stained-glass in Northern Europe usually display a poor conservation state. To preserve them, a research strategy taking into account both the atmospheric environment and the material was designed to gain a better understanding of their degradation. A comparison between ancient stained-glass and model glass was undertaken. The results show that due to rain, condensation and pollutants, glass undergoes scaling and cracks. After presenting the state of the art, this article details the analytical techniques and reports the main results. Finally, conservation-restoration approaches are described.
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Tiziana LOMBARDO: Senior Lecturer, Interuniversity Laboratory of Atmospheric Systems, UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Université Paris Diderot, Créteil, France
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Lucile GENTAZ: Research Engineer, Laboratoire interuniversitaire des Systèmes atmosphériques, UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Université Paris Diderot, Créteil, France
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Claudine LOISEL: Research Engineer, Historic Monuments Research Laboratory, CRC-USR 3224, Champs-sur-Marne, France
INTRODUCTION
Field: atmospheric corrosion, analysis techniques
Degree of technology diffusion: Emergence/Growth/Maturity
Technologies involved: electron microscopy, spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction
Applications: environmental science, corrosion, conservation-restoration
Main French players :
Competitiveness cluster: university, CNRS, Ministry of Culture
Center of expertise: training for stained glass restorers (MASTER CRBC, Sorbonne, Paris 1), training for restorers and curators at the Institut national du patrimoine (INP), training for heritage architects (Ecole de Chaillot, Paris), CERFAV
Manufacturers: Saint-Just glassworks, Saint-Gobain group
Other players worldwide: universities, restorer training centers (Institute of fine art New York University, University of Antwerp...).
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KEYWORDS
structural analysis | physico-chemical analysis | conservation | restoration | stained-glass windows | glass corrosion | inter-diffusion | crystalline secondary phases
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Bibliography
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Websites
European project websites : https://www.isac.cnr.it/http://www.constglass.fraunhofer.de/http://www.nanomatch-project.eu/
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Organizations – Associations – Federations
Websites of organizations related to stained glass :
Corpus Vitrearum International : http://www.corpusvitrearum.org/
International Council of Museums : http://www.icom-cc.org/
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