JAIC 1988, Volume 27, Number 2, Article 2 (pp. 64 to 86)
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JAIC 1988, Volume 27, Number 2, Article 2 (pp. 64 to 86)

A STUDY OF THE DETERIORATION OF EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SCULPTURE

S.M. Bradley, & A.P. Middleton



NOTES

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. 22Arnold, A., Kung, A., and Zehender, K., “Deterioration and Preservation of Carolingian and Medieval Mural Paintings in the Mustair Convent (Switzerland) Part 1 Decay Mechanisms and Preservation,” in Case Studies in the Conservation of Stone and Wall Paintings, (ed. N.S. Brommelle, and Perry Smith), IIC, Bologna (1986) 190–194.

. 23Arnold, A., and Kung, A., “Crystallization and Habits of Salt Effloresences on Walls 1: Methods of Investigation and Habits,” Proceedings of Fifth International Congress on Deterioration of Stone, Lausanne (1985) 255–267.

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. 25Mayers, P., and Van Zelst, “Neutron Activation of Limestone Objects: A Pilot Study,” Radiochimica Acta, 24 (1977) 197–204.

. 26Unpublished work carried out at the British Museum on a group of partially metamorphosed limestone sculptures by S.M. Bradley, I. Freestone, W.A. Oddy and A.E.A. Werner.


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