“De Colorando Auro” medieval colour surface treatment of silver gilded statuettes decorating the Holy Lady Shrine of Huy (13<sup>th</sup> century, Belgium)

Crabbé, Amandine; Ceglia, Andrea; Cerezo, José María Palencia; Wouters, Helena; Mocuta, Cristian; Terryn, Herman; Vandendael, Isabelle

doi:10.1039/c4ja00340c

J. Anal. At. Spectrom.

2015

DOI: 10.1039/c4ja00340c

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“De Colorando Auro” medieval colour surface treatment of silver gilded statuettes decorating the Holy Lady Shrine of Huy (13^th century, Belgium)

Amandine Crabbé

Andrea Ceglia

José María Palencia Cerezo

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Abstract: Medieval chemical coloration revealed by XANES measurements on the silver gilded statuettes from the Holy Lady Shrine, 13th century. It is from the Holy Lady collegiate church in Huy, Belgium.

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De Colorando Auro: Medieval colouring techniques researched using modern analytical techniques

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Wouters²,

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which is supposed to give the same appearance as with niello but with a different chemical composition. This hypothesis was based on the detection of iron in the black coating and an interpretation of Theophilus' recipe "Colorando auro" 2,3. As a consequence, all the gaps on the statuettes were fi lled with black micro-crystalline wax and the dark colouration was re-homogenised during the restoration in 1969. When the shrine returned to the KIK-IRPA in 2005 (see fi g. 1 upper part), the assumption made in 1969 of intentionally blackened gilded silver by applying "pseudo-nielle" was reconsidered and called into question for three main reasons. Firstly, there was no evidence of the use of "pseudo-nielle" on

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De Colorando Auro: Medieval colouring techniques researched using modern analytical techniques

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“De Colorando Auro” medieval colour surface treatment of silver gilded statuettes decorating the Holy Lady Shrine of Huy (13^th century, Belgium)

Abstract: Medieval chemical coloration revealed by XANES measurements on the silver gilded statuettes from the Holy Lady Shrine, 13th century. It is from the Holy Lady collegiate church in Huy, Belgium.

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Abstract: Medieval chemical coloration revealed by XANES measurements on the silver gilded statuettes from the Holy Lady Shrine, 13th century. It is from the Holy Lady collegiate church in Huy, Belgium.

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