Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain)
The characterization of building stones used in monuments and the location of their historic quarries is key for maintenance and restoration works. The four most representative building stones of Madrid: flint, granite, Cretaceous dolostone and Miocene limestone, have been used in the Trinitarias De...
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doaj-794d999b48de4e1f92b9087618a1ac452020-11-25T03:33:05ZengGrupo Español del IICGe-conservación 1989-85682017-07-01112533https://doi.org/10.37558/gec.v11i0.438Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain)David Martín Freire-ListaRafael Fort González0Instituto de Geociencias IGEO (CSIC, UCM)The characterization of building stones used in monuments and the location of their historic quarries is key for maintenance and restoration works. The four most representative building stones of Madrid: flint, granite, Cretaceous dolostone and Miocene limestone, have been used in the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent of this city. A plaque of Carrara marble was placed on the convent façade in honour of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes in 1870. The decay of the stones was determined by characterization techniques such as optical polarization and fluorescence microscopy and spectrophotometry. This technique gave information about the colour change between the plinth granite of the convent and quarry granite where it was extracted. The historical documentation complements these data.https://ge-iic.com/ojs/index.php/revista/article/view/438/747provenanceprocedenciapreventive conservationconservación preventivabuilding stonepiedra de construcciónmicrocracksmicrofisuras |
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David Martín Freire-Lista Rafael Fort González Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain) Ge-conservación provenance procedencia preventive conservation conservación preventiva building stone piedra de construcción microcracks microfisuras |
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Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain) |
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Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain) |
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Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain) |
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Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain) |
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Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain) |
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stone provenance and conservation of the trinitarias descalzas of san ildefonso convent, madrid (spain) |
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The characterization of building stones used in monuments and the location of their historic quarries is key for maintenance and restoration works. The four most representative building stones of Madrid: flint, granite, Cretaceous dolostone and Miocene limestone, have been used in the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent of this city. A plaque of Carrara marble was placed on the convent façade in honour of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes in 1870.
The decay of the stones was determined by characterization techniques such as optical polarization and fluorescence microscopy and spectrophotometry. This technique gave information about the colour change between the plinth granite of the convent and quarry granite where it was extracted. The historical documentation complements these data. |
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provenance procedencia preventive conservation conservación preventiva building stone piedra de construcción microcracks microfisuras |
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