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Luminescence properties of lustre decorated majolica

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Luminescence measurements have been performed on several Italian Renaissance ceramic shards produced in central Italy, as well as on some others from Hispano–Moresque and Fatimid periods. The aim of this study was the characterisation of the raw materials used to manufacture lustre decorated majolica. At first, the thermoluminescence (TL) dating of all ceramic bodies was performed, because the shards lacked sure chronological attribution, having been provided by private collectors, or found during emergency restoration works or archaeological surveys. To characterise the defects and the recombination centers of the different components of the ceramics (ceramic body, glaze, glaze, and lustre), radioluminescence (RL) measurements have been performed on samples representative of each historical period. The dating results are reported, as well as the preliminary RL results.

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  1. INFM and Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università di Milano-Bicocca, via R. Cozzi 53, 20125, Milano, Italy

    A. Galli, M. Martini & E. Sibilia

  2. Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati – CNR, cp 10, 00016, Monterotondo Staz., Roma, Italy

    G. Padeletti

  3. Dipartimento di Chimica Inorg. Metallorganica e Analitica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Venezian 21, 20133, Milano, Italy

    P. Fermo

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Galli, A., Martini, M., Sibilia, E. et al. Luminescence properties of lustre decorated majolica. Appl. Phys. A 79, 293–297 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-2517-1

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