15 June 2021
Scientists used nanocomposite glue and modern microscopy techniques in the restoration of XVII Century's predella reliquary

Article: Restoration of a XVII Century's predella reliquary: From Physico-Chemical Characterization to the Conservation Process

Author: Giuseppina Fiore Bettina, Belinda Giambra, Giuseppe Cavallaro, Giuseppe Lazzara, Bartolomeo Megna, Ramil Fakhrullin, Farida Akhatova, Rawil Fakhrullin

Academic journal: Forests, 2021, 12(3), 345

Laboratory researchers with colleagues from the University of Palermo, Italy, report on advanced restoration techniques for a seventeenth-century reliquary predella that is part of a larger structure, including a wall reliquary and a wooden crucified Christ, both belonging to the church of “Madre Maria SS. Assunta”, Sicily, Italy.