The Conservation of an Egyptian Coptic Fresco Painting from Saint Jeremiah Monastery: The Use of Nano-Materials in Cleaning and Consolidation

摘要

In the present article we report a study on using microemulsion contains triton 100 to clean the surface of the wall paintings in saint Jeremiah monastery in Saqqara (4th century), Being these systems mainly composed of water (more than 80% by weight), it is using in a poultice or when the microemulsion added to the nano gel to improve it's performance, Fourier Transform Infra Red spectroscopy (FTIR), and The consolidation by nano lime dispersed in ethanol is used by brushing through Japanese paper and injecting the cracks