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“Stories of Gold”

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In March 2018 and for the duration of three months Leventis Gallery in collaboration with the imaging lab of STARC started the documentation of Leventis gold collection which enumerates a total of 609 gold coins from various locations around the world and from different historical periods (from Alexander the Great to the Byzantium and the Middle Ages until the modern era). This collection contains coins that are considered to have paved the way for the use of coins in world history and is being staged by the A.G. Leventis Gallery.
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The Secrets Of A Royal Portrait – The Cyprus Institute

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ICACH lab has contributed in the technical examination of Caterina’s Cornaro portrait. A cross-disciplinary study of an important painting, attributed to the circle of Titian, of Caterina Cornaro, the last Lusignan Queen of Cyprus. The Cyprus Institute, specifically STARC and its Art Characterization project team, led the scientific study of the painting.

See below for an invitation to the event or visit the relevant website at the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia. The information is also posted in the events page on our website.

via The Secrets Of A Royal Portrait – The Cyprus Institute.

Multispectral photography on the Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios old Diary

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ICACH elaborated multispectral methods using technical photography in order to reveal possible hidden watermarks and to identify the variability and the elemental composition of different inks used by the dragoman Hadjigiorgakis Kornesios at late 19th century Cyprus during the Ottoman rule.

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Documentation of the UNESCO Troodos Painted Churches

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During July of 2017 a joint team from the University of Southern California (USC), The Cyprus Institute (CyI) with the participation of the University of Illinois (UIUC) applied a range of imaging techniques to document the unique interiors of the Troodos Painted Churches, included in the UNESCO World Heritage list.

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Multispectral and RTI imaging @ the Archaeological Museum of Larnaca

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ICACH as part of the STARLAB project applied innovative imaging techniques on selected finds such as an alabaster vessel  and cuneiforms from Pyla-kokkinokremos for the analytical documentation and analysis of inscriptions and texture colourants. You may find more about it at the permalink here.

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Nicosia Cathedral of St. John the Theologian at the focus of interdisciplinary STARC research

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The cathedral church of Saint John the Theologian in the heart of Nicosia is the subject of a cross-disciplinary research project engaging students and researchers from STARC, the Historical Muse-um of Crete and the University of Catania in Italy with the collaboration of the Theological School of the Church of Cyprus and the support of the Department of Antiquities and the Cyprus Arch-bishopric. Building on and enhancing the doctoral research of CyI PhD Candidate Despina Papa-charalambous supervised by Assoc. Professor Nikolas Bakirtzis, this research project aims at under-standing the history of the monument in conjunction with the iconography of its impressive 18th century decorative program.

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ICACH currently features three imaging systems:

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a) Polynomial Texture Mapping (PTM) is a type of RTI imaging application, which was developed by Hewlett-Packard Imaging Labs and enhanced by the West Semitic Project at USC, addresses the difficulties in the photography of objects whose surfaces feature inscriptions or relief designs. They can be found on an array of archaeological objects and works of art such as inscriptions in stone or clay, plaques, coins, paintings, mosaics, relief sculpture, jewelry and other minor objects. It consists of a dome with a hole at the apex, and thirty-six Halogen lights embedded at randomly fixed intervals around the dome. An artifact is placed at the base of the dome, while a camera is positioned looking downward focusing, through the hole at the top, on the aforementioned object.

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Imaging Center for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (ICACH)

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Cultural heritage research and practice is increasingly aided by, and dependent on, digital media. In the last decade, digital media technologies have begun to improve the documentation, management, understanding and communication of cultural heritage. The Cyprus Institute is spearheading, through its two centres CaSToRC and STARC, developments in digital imaging applications for national and regional research in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. These efforts invest on the rich cultural landscape of the Eastern Mediterranean and the research initiatives of the European Union that have recognized the need for the development of digital libraries that will function as a user-friendly access points for cultural heritage.

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Unwrapping surface from ancient cylinder seals

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The first pilot project for the new CyI Imaging Center followed the installation of the three camera systems at the Cyprus Institute in February, 2012. The installation was overseen by Marilyn Lundberg and Ken Zuckerman of the West Semitic Research Project (WSRP) at USC. WSRP was responsible for the construction of the PTM dome and the 360-degree camera system.

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Imaging Pilot Projects (RTI and Giga Imaging/Large Format photography)

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project funded by EU – LinkSceem-2 – The Cyprus Institute

Team: Marilyn Lundberg (USC), Ken Zuckerman (USC), Ropertos Georgiou (CyI), Nikolas Bakirtzis (CyI).

The first pilot projects for the imaging center were organized with two major cultural institutions in Nicosia: The BOCCF and the Leventis Municipal Museum. Team members tested all available imaging systems on a wide range of materials and objects from the collections of our collaborators that included coins, medieval ceramics, jewelry, minor arts, icons, paintings, wood carving etc. These efforts provided great opportunities for the testing and optimization of imaging systems. At the same time, they revealed the potential of RTI technology to museum curators and archaeologists thus preparing the ground for more thematically focused research initiatives.

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