The Investigation of the Medieval Russian Bronze Reliquary Cross Pendant Using a Complex of Nondestructive Methods

The medieval Russian bronze reliquary cross pendant was investigated using a complex of nondestructive methods in order to determine the degree its integrity and identify the material filling its internal cavity. The metal composition is established. It is found that the cross material was subjected...

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Published inCrystallography reports Vol. 64; no. 5; pp. 841 - 846
Main Authors Kovalenko, E. S., Podurets, K. M., Greshnikov, E. A., Zaytseva, I. Y., Agafonov, S. S., Somenkov, V. A., Kolobylina, N. N., Kaloyan, A. A., Govor, L. I., Kurkin, V. A., Yatsishina, Y. B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.09.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Crystallographic Methods in Humanitarian Sciences
Crystallography and Scattering Methods
Identification methods
Nondestructive testing
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
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Summary:The medieval Russian bronze reliquary cross pendant was investigated using a complex of nondestructive methods in order to determine the degree its integrity and identify the material filling its internal cavity. The metal composition is established. It is found that the cross material was subjected to spatially inhomogeneous corrosion and that the cavity is filled with soil. It is shown that application of complementary nondestructive methods provides the most reliable information on historical heritage objects.
ISSN:1063-7745
1562-689X
DOI:10.1134/S1063774519050110