LIBS, Raman and Multi-Spectral portable instruments have been moved to Kamariotis village, in the South-west of Heraklion in Crete, to study pigments on the painted sculpted stone “Thiroma” of St George church (15th c AC). This study revealed the composition and stratigraphy of the pigments allowing the historians to get useful information on the artistic and historic background of the “Thiroma”.
The campaign was financed by the research project “POLITEIA” (POLitismos-TEchnologIA, New Technologies in the Research, Study, Documentation and Access to the Information for Cultural Heritage Objects and Monuments), Action KRIPIS, project No MIS-448300 (2013SE01380035).
We also greatly appreciate the excellent collaboration with the 13th Ephory of Byzantine Antiquities, as well as the valuable guidance of Maria Vacondiou, Institute of Mediterranean studies (IMS) of FORTH.