LIBS and Raman portable instruments have been moved to the Historic Museum of Crete, in Heraklion to study traces of pigments on stone sculptures with Venetian and Ottoman inscriptions. This study revealed the composition of the pigments and allowed the historians to get useful information on the artistic and historic background of these objects.
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 and worm hospitality of the Historic Museum of Crete, as well as the valuable guidance of Maria Vacondiou, Institute of Mediterranean studies (IMS) of FORTH.