New Technologies for the Study of the Ancient Polychromy on Roman Marble Sarcophagi
Catalogue of Roman Polychrome Sarcophagi and Results

The systematic analysis of eighty Roman sarcophagi, collected for the first time in an original study that also presents many unpublished examples, allows to new data on the colour and gilding of Roman sarcophagi to be present. These marble sarcophagi are identified in the collections of the Musei Vaticani, Museo Nazionale Romano and Musei Capitolini in Rome. All data are organized in specific cards that follow the Italian National standards proposed by Central Institute for Cataloguing and Documentation (ICCD).

Catalogue

We are working on the Roman Polychrome Sarcophagi book with catalogue that it is hopefully going to be released in 2016. At same time will be possible to accede at the PhD thesis and catalogue. Contact me for questions, materials, collaborations, etc.

Credits
Manager:
Eliana Siotto (VC Lab ISTI-CNR, Pisa, IT)
Archaeological and archival researches:
Eliana Siotto (VC Lab ISTI-CNR, Pisa, IT)
Scientific Analyses:
Ulderico Santamaria and Fabio Morresi (Musei Vaticani, State of the Vaticano)
Corrado Gratziu and Alessandra Moscato(University of Pisa, IT)
Vincenzo Palleschi, Stefano Legnaioli and Giulia Lorenzetti (ICCOM-CNR, Pisa, IT)
Lucia Burgio (Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK)
Antonella Bertagnini (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Pisa, IT)
Samples activity:
Giovanna Bandini (Manager of Conservation Lab of the Museo Nazionale Romano - Terme di Diocleziano, Rome, IT)
Silvia Borghini (Conservator at the Museo Nazionale Romano - Terme di Diocleziano, Rome, IT)
Debora Papetti (Conservator at the Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo, Rome, IT)
Stefano Spada (Conservator at the Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican)
Photography:
Eliana Siotto (VC Lab ISTI-CNR, Pisa, IT)
Photographic Archives of the Musei Vaticani(Musei Vaticani, State of the Vaticano)
Acknowledgements:
Antonio Paolucci (Director of the Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican)
Giandomenico Spinola (Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican)
Claudia Valeri (Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican)
Umberto Utro (Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican)
Rosanna Dipinto (Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican)
Alessandra Uncini (Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican)
Daniele Battistoni(Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican)
Rosanna Friggeri (Director of the Museo Nazionale Romano - Terme di Diocleziano, Rome, IT)
Rita Paris (Director of the Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massino, Rome, IT)
Miriam Roghi (Museo Nazionale Romano - Palazzo Massimo, Rome, IT)
Claudio Parisi Presicce (Director of the Musei Capitolini, Rome, IT)
Valeria Sampaolo (Director of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples, IT)
Paolo Liverani (University of Florence, IT)
Fulvia Donati (University of Pisa, IT)
Gianpaolo Palma VC Lab ISTI-CNR, Pisa, IT)
Roberto Scopigno (VC Lab ISTI-CNR, Pisa, IT)