St. Abbondio (Como, Italy) is one of the most outstanding Romanesque Basilicas of Northern Italy. The entire building, and particularly the Cloister, has undergone various interventions during the last centuries, until the last conservation work occurred in 2000. On this occasion a deep analytical investigation has been performed on internal and external plasters, in order to classify them by the compositional and morphological points of view and to enlighten the conservation history of the Cloister. Plasters representative of the different building phases were characterised by X Ray Diffraction of Powders, Porosimetric Analysis, Thin Sections Observations and Atomic Spectroscopy. The results allowed grouping the samples with similar properties, corroborating the historic hypotheses about the sequence of the building interventions and suggesting a valid analytical procedure in case of archaeological building investigations.

Comparison of different plasters from S. Abbondio Cloister in Como (Italy)

RAMPAZZI, LAURA;
2005-01-01

Abstract

St. Abbondio (Como, Italy) is one of the most outstanding Romanesque Basilicas of Northern Italy. The entire building, and particularly the Cloister, has undergone various interventions during the last centuries, until the last conservation work occurred in 2000. On this occasion a deep analytical investigation has been performed on internal and external plasters, in order to classify them by the compositional and morphological points of view and to enlighten the conservation history of the Cloister. Plasters representative of the different building phases were characterised by X Ray Diffraction of Powders, Porosimetric Analysis, Thin Sections Observations and Atomic Spectroscopy. The results allowed grouping the samples with similar properties, corroborating the historic hypotheses about the sequence of the building interventions and suggesting a valid analytical procedure in case of archaeological building investigations.
2005
Geoarcheological and Bioarchaeological Studies
Geoarcheological and Bioarchaeological Studies
Amsterdam
22-26 aprile
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