Márcia Vilarigues
Biographic Data
| ID | 83958 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Márcia Vilarigues |
| GIVEN NAMES | Márcia |
| FAMILY NAME | Vilarigues |
| SIGNATURE | VILARIGUES M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4134-2819 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
An archaeometric study of blue smalt pigment in a mid-renaissance illuminated manuscript
Fragile Media in Historical Buildings
Magic lantern slides are fragile objects consisting of transparent images depicted on thin glass plates to be projected by magic lanterns. Despite their widespread presence in archives and museums, these collections are often undervalued and understudied. The Portuguese Cinematheque holds the most extensive collection of slides in Portugal. This article presents the first preventive conservation case study focused on the collection of painted sli…
Tracing the evolution of artists' materials and manufacturers' choices in painted magic lantern slides
Exploring craft interdependencies in historical practices
Provenance Studies of a Set of Pick-Up Glass Fragments Found in Portugal and Dated to the 17th Century
One of the most recognized decorations of the pick-up technique is the millefiori glass, which has been commonly attributed to Venetian production. However, Portugal is the country where the largest known assemblage of this type of glass artefact has been studied and published. In this work, two important archeological contexts were selected: (1) Santa Clara-a-Velha monastery (SCV) and (2) São João de Tarouca monastery (SJT). The fragments select…
The colour palette of 16th-18th century azulejos
This work provides an overview of the pigments used by Portuguese azulejo painters through the study of 34 glazed tiles belonging to the National Azulejo Museum in Lisbon, Portugal. The tiles are dated from the late 16th century to the early 19th century, with most samples attributed to the 17th and 18th centuries. Building on a previous study where the chemical composition of the 17th-century colour palette was characterised [1], we used a non-i…
A First Approach to the Study of Winsor & Newton’s 19th-Century Manufacture of Madder Red Lake Pigments
This paper focuses on the first investigation of the 19th-century manufacture of red lake pigments obtained from madder by Winsor & Newton (W&N), prominent artists’ colourman at that time. The first approach to their manufacture was carried out by studying the madder entries of the company’s book P1, found in the W&N 19th Century Archive Database. Eleven production records were discovered under names such as Rose Madder, Madder Carmine, Madder La…
In the quest for historical Lisbon through 17th century Millefiori glass
An Overview of Germanic Grisailles through the Stained-Glass Collection at Pena Palace
The lack of studies reporting the characterisation of Germanic grisaille is evident, despite the recent interest of researchers in this glass painting material. This work consists of the first assessment of Germanic grisaille’ chemical composition on a wide chronology (14th–19th centuries), that was only possible through the unique stained-glass collection of King Ferdinand II of Portugal. From the considerable amount of panels produced in German…
Testing the harmfulness of chemical cleaning methods for the removal of incrustations from a glazed stoneware public artwork
Historical grisailles characterisation
Glass colored by glass
Christian-Muslim contacts across the Mediterranean
Glass mosaic decorations were used throughout the medieval Mediterranean as a powerful medium to convey religious and political agendas, yet we know next to nothing about the source of the materials and the transmission of the necessary technical know-how. Mosaics are generally considered a Byzantine art form, not least due to their prominence in Byzantine church architecture and because medieval Islamic textual sources assert that the glass tess…
Nanotechnology in Roman Opaque Red Glass from the 2nd Century AD. Archaeometric Investigation in Red Sectilia from the Decoration of the Lucius Verus Villa in Rome
This work aims to characterise the chemical composition of Roman opaque red glass sectilia dated to the 2nd century A.D and to shed light on Roman glassmaking production of different shades of red, from red to reddish-brown. Due to the lack of technical historical sources for this period many questions about technological aspects still remain. In this project a multi-disciplinary approach is in progress to investigate the red glass sectilia with …
Magic Lantern Glass Slides Materials and Techniques
This paper presents the first systematic investigation of hand-painted magic lantern glass slides using multi-analytical techniques combined with a critical analysis of historical written sources of the painting materials and techniques used to produce them. The magic lantern was an optical instrument used from the seventeenth to the twentieth century that attained great success and impact on the entertainment industry, science, religion, and adv…
The Influence of Environment in the Alteration of the Stained-Glass Windows in Portuguese Monuments
This work presents the results of the exposure of soda-lime, potash-lime and mixed-alkali silicate glasses during ten and twenty months in different Portuguese monuments with historical stained-glass windows to characterize the influence of local environmental conditions. The glass samples were exposed in the Monastery of Batalha (Batalha), the Monastery of Jerónimos (Lisbon), and the Cathedral of Évora (Évora). A set of analytical techniques to …
The conservation of stained-glass windows in Latin America
Medieval and early modern ceramics from Azemmour (Morocco) - Textural, mineralogical and chemical analysis
Provenance studies of 18th century potassium-rich archaeological glass from Portugal
Wine Bottles From Lisbon
Two sets of wine bottles dated between the end of the 17th and the 19th centuries were characterized by means of μ-PIXE (major and minor elements) and LA–ICP–MS (trace and REE elements). The fragmented wine bottles were recovered from two archaeological contexts in Lisbon and reach a total of 79 fragments. One of the archaeological bottle sets comes from a house structure that collapsed during the major earthquake in 1755, providing a precise ter…
Provenance studies on façon-de-Venise glass excavated in Portugal
First archaeometric study on medieval glass found in Beja (Southern Portugal)
During an archaeological intervention that took place in Beja (southern Portugal), at Avenida Miguel Fernandes, between August 2003 and March 2004, a set of 137 silos was discovered. The excavation yielded an assemblage of glass that can be dated between the fourteenth and the seventeenth centuries. For this investigation only the fragments from the medieval contexts were considered in order to provide an overview of the use of glass vessels in a…
Stained glasses from Monastery of Batalha
Christian-Muslim contacts across the Mediterranean
Glass mosaic decorations were used throughout the medieval Mediterranean as a powerful medium to convey religious and political agendas, yet we know next to nothing about the source of the materials and the transmission of the necessary technical know-how. Mosaics are generally considered a Byzantine art form, not least due to their prominence in Byzantine church architecture and because medieval Islamic textual sources assert that the glass tess…
Nanotechnology in Roman Opaque Red Glass from the 2nd Century AD. Archaeometric Investigation in Red Sectilia from the Decoration of the Lucius Verus Villa in Rome
This work aims to characterise the chemical composition of Roman opaque red glass sectilia dated to the 2nd century A.D and to shed light on Roman glassmaking production of different shades of red, from red to reddish-brown. Due to the lack of technical historical sources for this period many questions about technological aspects still remain. In this project a multi-disciplinary approach is in progress to investigate the red glass sectilia with …
First archaeometric study on medieval glass found in Beja (Southern Portugal)
During an archaeological intervention that took place in Beja (southern Portugal), at Avenida Miguel Fernandes, between August 2003 and March 2004, a set of 137 silos was discovered. The excavation yielded an assemblage of glass that can be dated between the fourteenth and the seventeenth centuries. For this investigation only the fragments from the medieval contexts were considered in order to provide an overview of the use of glass vessels in a…
Provenance studies on façon-de-Venise glass excavated in Portugal
The colour palette of 16th-18th century azulejos
This work provides an overview of the pigments used by Portuguese azulejo painters through the study of 34 glazed tiles belonging to the National Azulejo Museum in Lisbon, Portugal. The tiles are dated from the late 16th century to the early 19th century, with most samples attributed to the 17th and 18th centuries. Building on a previous study where the chemical composition of the 17th-century colour palette was characterised [1], we used a non-i…
A First Approach to the Study of Winsor & Newton’s 19th-Century Manufacture of Madder Red Lake Pigments
This paper focuses on the first investigation of the 19th-century manufacture of red lake pigments obtained from madder by Winsor & Newton (W&N), prominent artists’ colourman at that time. The first approach to their manufacture was carried out by studying the madder entries of the company’s book P1, found in the W&N 19th Century Archive Database. Eleven production records were discovered under names such as Rose Madder, Madder Carmine, Madder La…
In the quest for historical Lisbon through 17th century Millefiori glass
Testing the harmfulness of chemical cleaning methods for the removal of incrustations from a glazed stoneware public artwork
Glass colored by glass
Medieval and early modern ceramics from Azemmour (Morocco) - Textural, mineralogical and chemical analysis
Provenance studies of 18th century potassium-rich archaeological glass from Portugal
Wine Bottles From Lisbon
Two sets of wine bottles dated between the end of the 17th and the 19th centuries were characterized by means of μ-PIXE (major and minor elements) and LA–ICP–MS (trace and REE elements). The fragmented wine bottles were recovered from two archaeological contexts in Lisbon and reach a total of 79 fragments. One of the archaeological bottle sets comes from a house structure that collapsed during the major earthquake in 1755, providing a precise ter…
Stained glasses from Monastery of Batalha
Stained glasses from Monastery of Batalha
Provenance studies on façon-de-Venise glass excavated in Portugal
First archaeometric study on medieval glass found in Beja (Southern Portugal)
During an archaeological intervention that took place in Beja (southern Portugal), at Avenida Miguel Fernandes, between August 2003 and March 2004, a set of 137 silos was discovered. The excavation yielded an assemblage of glass that can be dated between the fourteenth and the seventeenth centuries. For this investigation only the fragments from the medieval contexts were considered in order to provide an overview of the use of glass vessels in a…
Medieval and early modern ceramics from Azemmour (Morocco) - Textural, mineralogical and chemical analysis
Provenance studies of 18th century potassium-rich archaeological glass from Portugal
Wine Bottles From Lisbon
Two sets of wine bottles dated between the end of the 17th and the 19th centuries were characterized by means of μ-PIXE (major and minor elements) and LA–ICP–MS (trace and REE elements). The fragmented wine bottles were recovered from two archaeological contexts in Lisbon and reach a total of 79 fragments. One of the archaeological bottle sets comes from a house structure that collapsed during the major earthquake in 1755, providing a precise ter…
The Influence of Environment in the Alteration of the Stained-Glass Windows in Portuguese Monuments
This work presents the results of the exposure of soda-lime, potash-lime and mixed-alkali silicate glasses during ten and twenty months in different Portuguese monuments with historical stained-glass windows to characterize the influence of local environmental conditions. The glass samples were exposed in the Monastery of Batalha (Batalha), the Monastery of Jerónimos (Lisbon), and the Cathedral of Évora (Évora). A set of analytical techniques to …
The conservation of stained-glass windows in Latin America
Nanotechnology in Roman Opaque Red Glass from the 2nd Century AD. Archaeometric Investigation in Red Sectilia from the Decoration of the Lucius Verus Villa in Rome
This work aims to characterise the chemical composition of Roman opaque red glass sectilia dated to the 2nd century A.D and to shed light on Roman glassmaking production of different shades of red, from red to reddish-brown. Due to the lack of technical historical sources for this period many questions about technological aspects still remain. In this project a multi-disciplinary approach is in progress to investigate the red glass sectilia with …
Magic Lantern Glass Slides Materials and Techniques
This paper presents the first systematic investigation of hand-painted magic lantern glass slides using multi-analytical techniques combined with a critical analysis of historical written sources of the painting materials and techniques used to produce them. The magic lantern was an optical instrument used from the seventeenth to the twentieth century that attained great success and impact on the entertainment industry, science, religion, and adv…
Historical grisailles characterisation
Glass colored by glass
Christian-Muslim contacts across the Mediterranean
Glass mosaic decorations were used throughout the medieval Mediterranean as a powerful medium to convey religious and political agendas, yet we know next to nothing about the source of the materials and the transmission of the necessary technical know-how. Mosaics are generally considered a Byzantine art form, not least due to their prominence in Byzantine church architecture and because medieval Islamic textual sources assert that the glass tess…
An Overview of Germanic Grisailles through the Stained-Glass Collection at Pena Palace
The lack of studies reporting the characterisation of Germanic grisaille is evident, despite the recent interest of researchers in this glass painting material. This work consists of the first assessment of Germanic grisaille’ chemical composition on a wide chronology (14th–19th centuries), that was only possible through the unique stained-glass collection of King Ferdinand II of Portugal. From the considerable amount of panels produced in German…
Testing the harmfulness of chemical cleaning methods for the removal of incrustations from a glazed stoneware public artwork
A First Approach to the Study of Winsor & Newton’s 19th-Century Manufacture of Madder Red Lake Pigments
This paper focuses on the first investigation of the 19th-century manufacture of red lake pigments obtained from madder by Winsor & Newton (W&N), prominent artists’ colourman at that time. The first approach to their manufacture was carried out by studying the madder entries of the company’s book P1, found in the W&N 19th Century Archive Database. Eleven production records were discovered under names such as Rose Madder, Madder Carmine, Madder La…
In the quest for historical Lisbon through 17th century Millefiori glass
Provenance Studies of a Set of Pick-Up Glass Fragments Found in Portugal and Dated to the 17th Century
One of the most recognized decorations of the pick-up technique is the millefiori glass, which has been commonly attributed to Venetian production. However, Portugal is the country where the largest known assemblage of this type of glass artefact has been studied and published. In this work, two important archeological contexts were selected: (1) Santa Clara-a-Velha monastery (SCV) and (2) São João de Tarouca monastery (SJT). The fragments select…
The colour palette of 16th-18th century azulejos
This work provides an overview of the pigments used by Portuguese azulejo painters through the study of 34 glazed tiles belonging to the National Azulejo Museum in Lisbon, Portugal. The tiles are dated from the late 16th century to the early 19th century, with most samples attributed to the 17th and 18th centuries. Building on a previous study where the chemical composition of the 17th-century colour palette was characterised [1], we used a non-i…
Tracing the evolution of artists' materials and manufacturers' choices in painted magic lantern slides
Exploring craft interdependencies in historical practices
An archaeometric study of blue smalt pigment in a mid-renaissance illuminated manuscript
Fragile Media in Historical Buildings
Magic lantern slides are fragile objects consisting of transparent images depicted on thin glass plates to be projected by magic lanterns. Despite their widespread presence in archives and museums, these collections are often undervalued and understudied. The Portuguese Cinematheque holds the most extensive collection of slides in Portugal. This article presents the first preventive conservation case study focused on the collection of painted sli…
Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (23 works) · Building materials and conservation (17 works) · Conservation Techniques and Studies (13 works) · Archaeology (11 works) · Art (11 works) · Chemistry (10 works) · Materials Science (10 works) · Mineralogy (10 works) · Geology (9 works) · History (8 works)