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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Main Authors: David Martín Freire-Lista, Rafael Fort González
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Grupo Español del IIC 2017-07-01
Series:Ge-conservación
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Online Access:https://ge-iic.com/ojs/index.php/revista/article/view/438/747
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spelling 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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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
author_facet David Martín Freire-Lista
Rafael Fort González
author_sort David Martín Freire-Lista
title Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain)
title_short Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain)
title_full Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain)
title_fullStr Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain)
title_sort stone provenance and conservation of the trinitarias descalzas of san ildefonso convent, madrid (spain)
publisher Grupo Español del IIC
series Ge-conservación
issn 1989-8568
publishDate 2017-07-01
description 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.
topic provenance
procedencia
preventive conservation
conservación preventiva
building stone
piedra de construcción
microcracks
microfisuras
url https://ge-iic.com/ojs/index.php/revista/article/view/438/747
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