Technical sheet
Typology
Historic Interiors/Objects
Architectural Heritage
Protection
Monumento Nacional (1907) | UNESCO World Heritage (1983)
Period Rotunda: late 12th century; Manueline nave, triumphal arch and decorative works: 16th century
Author(s)
Gualdim Pais (Rotunda); Domingos Vieira Serrão and/or Simão de Abreu Anes (wall paintings, attr.); Fernão Anes (wall paintings); Olivier de Gand and Fernão Muñoz (sculptures and gilded wood)
Date
2007 - 2008
Service
Conservation-restoration
Work
Architectural and conservation condition surveys; Conservation-restoration intervention
Areas
Rotunda: Ambulatory bays refs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
Materials
Paintings (wall paintings), plasterwork, Stone (local limestone), Wood (gilded and polychrome woodcarving; polychrome wood sculptures), metals, Others (guadamecil).
Analyses
Monitoring of environmental conditions, T and HR (Nova Conservação). Stratigraphic analysis of paint layers: raking light, IR and UV examination, colorimetry, Raman spectroscopy, OM, micro-chemical analysis, FTIR and SEM-EDX (José de Figueiredo Laboratory and Hércules Laboratory)
