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The study of two impressive simulacra at Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Almada, ...

Simulacra, or full-body reliquaries of corpi santi, have largely been overlooked in the discourse of the past century by the Church, the general public, and scholars. This work investigates two noteworthy cases among simulacra—two young individuals, St. Primogenita and St. Theodore—from Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Almada in Portugal. Based on a historical and analytical approach, the study examines the simula...

Exploring a forgotten heritage: the case study of Saint Vincent Martyr's simula...

The simulacrum of Saint Vincent Martyr, one of four corpi santi at the Major Seminary of Coimbra, Portugal, features Roman-origin bones mounted in metallic frameworks and covered with intricate Baroque garments. Enshrined within the urn-altar in Saint Michael's Chapel, its remains were exhumed from the Catacomb of Priscila and brought to Portugal in 1760 by Bishop Count D. Miguel da Anunciação. This study emplo...

The study of two impressive simulacra at Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Almada, ...

Simulacra, or full-body reliquaries of corpi santi, have largely been overlooked in the discourse of the past century by the Church, the general public, and scholars. This work investigates two noteworthy cases among simulacra—two young individuals, St. Primogenita and St. Theodore—from Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Almada in Portugal. Based on a historical and analytical approach, the study examines the simula...

Exploring a forgotten heritage: the case study of Saint Vincent Martyr’s simula...

The simulacrum of Saint Vincent Martyr, one of four corpi santi at the Major Seminary of Coimbra, Portugal, features Roman-origin bonesmounted in metallic frameworks and covered with intricate Baroque garments. Enshrined within the urn-altar in Saint Michael’s Chapel, its remains were exhumed from the Catacomb of Priscila and brought to Portugal in 1760 by Bishop Count D. Miguel da Anunciação. This study employ...

Polyoxometalate-Ionic Liquids for Mitigating the Effects of Iron Gall Ink Corro...

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...

Mucopolysaccharides secreted by the sea slug Elysia crispata incorporate carbon...

Some Sacoglossa sea slugs feed on macroalgae and sequester chloroplasts in the cells of their digestive diverticulum. In some species, mostly within the genus Elysia, the stolen chloroplasts – kleptoplasts – remain photosynthetically competent for weeks to months. These sea slugs, like other gastropods, produce a viscous secretion or mucus involved in protection, locomotion, and reproduction. In this study, we ...

’Areia de escrever’ or ‘arena scriptoria’ in the materiality of writing: the in...

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. ...

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A holistic approach to understanding the iron-gall inks in the historical docum...

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 ...

’Litteras arena conspergere’. Uncovering blotting sands on the Portuguese Inqui...

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...