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This chapter is dedicated to the application of selected spectroscopic techniques to investigations on cultural heritage objects. The rapid technical advancement of Raman instrumentation, observed in the recent years, positioned this spectroscopy as an outmost tool in this field. The use of Raman spectroscopy in the analysis of chemical composition is presented for several classes of heritage materials: manuscripts, painting, ceramics, minerals, and amber . In Sect. 16.3, Vis fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy is presented as a tool allowing one to obtain information important for selecting proper preventive measures, in this case, exhibition policies safeguarding artifacts against photodegradation. The technique discussed here—the microfade testing (MFT)—allows monitoring color changes as induced by the action of light on a selected spot on the artifact in real time, thus giving the most direct, empirical clues to a possible future alteration of the objects’ appearance when it is exposed to light on a museum wall.

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Łojewski, T., Łydżba-Kopczyńska, B. (2019). Spectroscopy in the Analysis of Artworks. In: Koleżyński, A., Król, M. (eds) Molecular Spectroscopy—Experiment and Theory. Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics, vol 26. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01355-4_16

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