The ancient floor of the Charterhouse church was built with majolica tiles, either monochrome or polychrome. This work deals on historical aspects resulting from the material studies of polychrome tin-opacified lead tiles, now displayed at the Charterhouse Museum. Investigated tiles are the last witnesses of the original majolica flooring. The study only concerns glaze compositional and microtextural features, and was undertaken by a preliminary micro-sampling (few micron in size), followed by a multi-analytical approach where SEM and EPMA have been employed. The analyses of the dark-blue decoration allows to disclose one of the most hidden aspects of this flooring, i.e. the age of the tiles making. The absence of As and the presence of Co, Fe, Cu and Ni in the blue pigment strongly suggest an age preceding 1520 AD for the tile craftsmanship.
I pavimenti maiolicati della Certosa di Pavia: i materiali e le tecniche di produzione
RICCARDI, MARIA PIA
2006-01-01
Abstract
The ancient floor of the Charterhouse church was built with majolica tiles, either monochrome or polychrome. This work deals on historical aspects resulting from the material studies of polychrome tin-opacified lead tiles, now displayed at the Charterhouse Museum. Investigated tiles are the last witnesses of the original majolica flooring. The study only concerns glaze compositional and microtextural features, and was undertaken by a preliminary micro-sampling (few micron in size), followed by a multi-analytical approach where SEM and EPMA have been employed. The analyses of the dark-blue decoration allows to disclose one of the most hidden aspects of this flooring, i.e. the age of the tiles making. The absence of As and the presence of Co, Fe, Cu and Ni in the blue pigment strongly suggest an age preceding 1520 AD for the tile craftsmanship.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
