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Laser cleaning of 18-th century parchment with polychrome inscriptions

M. SIMILEANU1,* , G. AVGERINIDOU2, L. ANGHELUTA3, R. RADVAN4, J. STRIBER1, L. MIU5

Affiliation

  1. Scientific Researcher, National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Romania
  2. Leonardo da Vinci Fellow from Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
  3. Junior Researcher, National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Romania
  4. Senior Researcher, National Institute of R&D for Optoelectronics INOE 2000, Romania
  5. Senior Researcher, National Institute of R&D for Textiles and Leather – ICPI, Romania

Abstract

Laser cleaning of organic materials such as leather & parchment is a novel technique that has the potential to provide contactless, chemical-free cleaning of historically important documents. This paper presents the restoration and investigation process of an historical parchment, using non-invasive and non contact laser based methods..

Keywords

Laser cleaning, LIF Scanning, Historical parchment.

Citation

M. SIMILEANU, G. AVGERINIDOU, L. ANGHELUTA, R. RADVAN, J. STRIBER, L. MIU, Laser cleaning of 18-th century parchment with polychrome inscriptions, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 2, 9, September 2008, pp.587-592 (2008).

Submitted at: July 1, 2008

Accepted at: Aug. 28, 2008