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In Romania and especially in Transylvania the process of creating icons implied the use different supports, mainly wood and glass. Samples have been collected from various areas of these religious artefacts. The analyses carried out were FTIR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry; they have helped to identify the pigments and binders specific for the technique of execution. The information obtained through these procedures is part of the identification elements of the icons' period and school, and in the end it contributes to the technical expertise of these artefacts.

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The Evangelic Church in Bistriţa city is one of the important gothic monuments in Romania. Inside the church there have been preserved a series of furniture pieces from different centuries, and the stall that has been analysed in this study is one of them. The study presents the investigations that were made on the occasion of restoring the stall. The nature and the status of the wooden supports and also the composition of the painting layer which covers the front side of the stall were investigated by several methods: Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analyses. The back side of the stall was made of spruce fir wood and its status was also investigated. The nature of the component elements and the heritage value of the ensemble were also established.

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