“Stories of Gold”

January 16, 2023

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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

September 19, 2017

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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

September 8, 2017

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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.

Aerial and ground based methods in topographic survey

August 29, 2017

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Starlab and ICACH have been using aerial and ground based methods for the topographical survey of an ancient watermill that is located in ktima Paphos in order to aid its architectural preservation.

Photomacrography and RTI

August 29, 2017

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ICACH lab has been using experimental methods in order to trace deposits from plants on stone grinders used in
prehistoric period.

Rotational Panoramic Imaging at the Leventis Museum

August 2, 2017

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On the 11th of July the Imaging lab has been photographing traditional dresses from the Leventis Museum, a project led by professor Froso Igoumenidou.

Digitisation at the Folk Museum of Limassol

May 16, 2017

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During the month of April, ICACH / STARC / The Cyprus Institute has been called to digitise Cypriot folk dresses currently exhibited at the Folk Museum of Limassol.

The project is part of the History and Culture of Cypriot Dress project led by professor Rizopoulou Egoumenidou and is part of the Dioptra Digital library that host and supports a technological framework for the dissemination of various themes in Cultural Heritage.

View an example at ICACH guest repository, click here.

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