During the restoration of Perseus, a sculptural complex realized by G. B. Pieratti in the XVIIth century sited in Boboli Garden (Florence), an ancient mortar used as glue of iron pivots with very particular characteristics was found. Indeed this mortar was made of a magnesium hydroxide based binder (brucite) and barite (barium sulphate) as aggregate. This mortar still show excellent conservation conditions. The aim of this work was trying to reproduce the ancient mortar according to the analytical data about its composition.
A new mortar from a strange ancient mortar / Fabio Fratini, Silvia Rescic, Emma Cantisani, Elena Pecchioni, Stefano Pasolini, Andrea Cagnini. - ELETTRONICO. - (2019), pp. 454-458. (Intervento presentato al convegno IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and cultural heritage tenutosi a Firenze nel 4-6 Dicembre 2019).
A new mortar from a strange ancient mortar.
Elena Pecchioni
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2019
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During the restoration of Perseus, a sculptural complex realized by G. B. Pieratti in the XVIIth century sited in Boboli Garden (Florence), an ancient mortar used as glue of iron pivots with very particular characteristics was found. Indeed this mortar was made of a magnesium hydroxide based binder (brucite) and barite (barium sulphate) as aggregate. This mortar still show excellent conservation conditions. The aim of this work was trying to reproduce the ancient mortar according to the analytical data about its composition.
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