Glaze characterization of the glazed pottery from the medieval workshop of Vega (Burgos, Spain)

Sixteen glazes on medieval (14th–16th century AD) pottery fragments from Vega pottery workshop (Burgos, Spain) were characterized to investigate the production technology. To this end, Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) wer...

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Autores: Alonso Olazabal, Ainhoa; Ortega Cuesta, Luis Ángel; Zuluaga Ibargallartu, María Cruz; Alonso Fernández, Carmen; Jiménez Echevarría, Javier; Sarmiento Romayor, Alfredo
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/64868
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/64868
Nivel de acceso:Acceso abierto
Palabra clave:firing temperatures
lead glazes
polymerization index
Raman spectrsocopy
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author Alonso Olazabal, Ainhoa
author2 Ortega Cuesta, Luis Ángel
Zuluaga Ibargallartu, María Cruz
Alonso Fernández, Carmen
Jiménez Echevarría, Javier
Sarmiento Romayor, Alfredo
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author_browse Alonso Fernández, Carmen
Alonso Olazabal, Ainhoa
Jiménez Echevarría, Javier
Ortega Cuesta, Luis Ángel
Sarmiento Romayor, Alfredo
Zuluaga Ibargallartu, María Cruz
author_facet Alonso Olazabal, Ainhoa
Ortega Cuesta, Luis Ángel
Zuluaga Ibargallartu, María Cruz
Alonso Fernández, Carmen
Jiménez Echevarría, Javier
Sarmiento Romayor, Alfredo
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description Sixteen glazes on medieval (14th–16th century AD) pottery fragments from Vega pottery workshop (Burgos, Spain) were characterized to investigate the production technology. To this end, Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) were used. The studied glaze samples correspond to fragments of high-quality glazed ware used by the wealthiest society in the city of Burgos. The most representative types of glazes, corresponding to honey-marble, honey-yellow, bright light green, and dark green types, were analysed. Raman spectroscopy shows lead was used as a fluxing agent in glaze production. SEMEDX analysis confirms the use of lead oxide and evidences that most of the samples underwent at least two firing processes. No Raman signals of crystalline phases were detected on either glaze surfaces or glaze thin-sections. The exception is the single firing of dark green glazes, which show pseudobrookite and rutile at the clay body/glaze interface measured in thin section. No colouring crystalline phases were identified by Raman spectroscopy either. However, SEM-EDX shows iron was the most-used colouring agent whereas copper was used for bright light green glazes. The polymerization index (Ip) values were used to estimate the firing temperatures. The polymerization index values are typically low for lead glazes and indicate firing temperatures below 700 C.
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spelling Glaze characterization of the glazed pottery from the medieval workshop of Vega (Burgos, Spain) Alonso Olazabal, Ainhoa Ortega Cuesta, Luis Ángel Zuluaga Ibargallartu, María Cruz Alonso Fernández, Carmen Jiménez Echevarría, Javier Sarmiento Romayor, Alfredo firing temperatures lead glazes polymerization index Raman spectrsocopy Sixteen glazes on medieval (14th–16th century AD) pottery fragments from Vega pottery workshop (Burgos, Spain) were characterized to investigate the production technology. To this end, Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) were used. The studied glaze samples correspond to fragments of high-quality glazed ware used by the wealthiest society in the city of Burgos. The most representative types of glazes, corresponding to honey-marble, honey-yellow, bright light green, and dark green types, were analysed. Raman spectroscopy shows lead was used as a fluxing agent in glaze production. SEMEDX analysis confirms the use of lead oxide and evidences that most of the samples underwent at least two firing processes. No Raman signals of crystalline phases were detected on either glaze surfaces or glaze thin-sections. The exception is the single firing of dark green glazes, which show pseudobrookite and rutile at the clay body/glaze interface measured in thin section. No colouring crystalline phases were identified by Raman spectroscopy either. However, SEM-EDX shows iron was the most-used colouring agent whereas copper was used for bright light green glazes. The polymerization index (Ip) values were used to estimate the firing temperatures. The polymerization index values are typically low for lead glazes and indicate firing temperatures below 700 C. This study was partially supported by the IT1193-19 Research Group of the Basque Country Government and by Cronos S.C. (Burgos) John Wiley & Sons http://hdl.handle.net/10810/64868
spellingShingle Glaze characterization of the glazed pottery from the medieval workshop of Vega (Burgos, Spain)
Alonso Olazabal, Ainhoa
firing temperatures
lead glazes
polymerization index
Raman spectrsocopy
title Glaze characterization of the glazed pottery from the medieval workshop of Vega (Burgos, Spain)
title_full Glaze characterization of the glazed pottery from the medieval workshop of Vega (Burgos, Spain)
title_fullStr Glaze characterization of the glazed pottery from the medieval workshop of Vega (Burgos, Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Glaze characterization of the glazed pottery from the medieval workshop of Vega (Burgos, Spain)
title_short Glaze characterization of the glazed pottery from the medieval workshop of Vega (Burgos, Spain)
title_sort Glaze characterization of the glazed pottery from the medieval workshop of Vega (Burgos, Spain)
topic firing temperatures
lead glazes
polymerization index
Raman spectrsocopy
topic_facet firing temperatures
lead glazes
polymerization index
Raman spectrsocopy
url http://hdl.handle.net/10810/64868