Introduction: Temporal bone surgery requires high precision due to the complexity of its anatomy. Traditional surgical training with cadavers presents limitations such as scarcity of material, anatomical variability, and high costs. This study explores the use of personalized 3D models of the temporal bone from patients scheduled for otologic surgery as an innovative training tool.Materials and Methods: Persona...
Iron gall inks (IGIs) played a central role as a writing medium in Western countries, leaving behind a vast legacy and significant conservation challenges. This study presents a twofold methodological approach to investigate the physicochemical behaviour of IGI-based formulations found in historical Portuguese sources. Fresh and 6-month naturally aged precipitates and supernatant solutions (dried inks) were cha...
Faz este ano 20 anos desde que a revista Conservar Património (CP) publicou o seu primeiro número (2005). Queremos assinalar esta data fazendo um pequeno resumo do percurso da revista, tanto a longo-termo como no passado mais recente e aproveitar para assinalar algumas novidades.; This year marks 20 years since Conservar Património (CP) published its first issue (2005). We want to celebrate this date by giving ...
Iron gall ink (IGI), renowned for its indelibility, was the most important writing ink in the Western world from the 15th to the late 19th century. However, it is now known that IGIs induce acid-catalyzed hydrolysis and iron-catalyzed oxidation of the cellulose in historical paper documents. These mechanisms of deterioration cause significant damage to the writing support materials, including color alteration a...
The research conducted by this interdisciplinary team corroborates the existence of a distinct type of sand used for drying texts in Portugal during the 16th to 19th centuries. Although it shares similarities with materials found in other parts of Europe, these sands exhibit specific characteristics. Referred to as “writing sand”, it was frequently acquired by many convents and religious houses of that period. ...
A substantial part of our written heritage is threatened by the fact that much of it has been written using iron-gall ink (IGI). One such example is the documents of the Portuguese Inquisition Tribunals, held by the Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo. Here we present the first systematic analytical approach, using SEM/EDS, µ-FT-IR-ATR and µ-Raman techniques, to characterise fragments from historical records of ...
Historical and archival research focused on the Portuguese Inquisition documents (1551–1800) uncovered the use of arena known as blotting sands, a writing accessory used to hasten ink drying. We present in this work the first systematic study combining image analysis, SEM/EDS and µ-Raman techniques, statistics and chemometrics to characterise the blotting sands used by the Portuguese Inquisition and hypothesise...
A presente comunicação aborda a migração da revista Conservar Património para o Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) através do Serviço de Alojamento de Revistas Científicas (SARC Light) lançado no âmbito da iniciativa Pub In em Maio de 2020. A discussão aqui apresentada foca-se na experiência, nas opções e nas estratégias tomadas no âmbito desta acção.; This communication addresses the m...
Over the past year, the editorial team of Conservar Património has benefited from a significant increase in the number of associate editors, which was an essential step given the growing number of submissions and the consequent increase in the editorial workflow. In its current form, Conservar Património has 10 associate editors, with different fields of expertise and from various international institutions, be...
Neste capítulo apresenta-se como caso de estudo o estudo material do Códice CXXV/2-4, que teve como objectivo dar resposta a duas questões fundamentais:1) caracterizar os materiais e técnicas de produção das iluminuras do manuscrito; e 2) corroborar a hipótese levantada pelos historiadores da arte, segundo a qual a produção das iluminuras deste códice deverá ter sido efectuada em dois períodos distintos – Idade...