Characterization of Roman and Arabic Mural Paintings of the Archaeological Site of Cercadilla (Cordoba, Spain)

Figure 7

(a) Microphotograph carried out by Optical Microscopy with 20 magnification of the Arabic white mural painting sample Is-02, where the pictorial layer and one preparatory layer are shown. (b) Backscattered electron image of the same sample (Is-02). The white pictorial layer is shown in detail, where the heterogeneity of the pigment grains is observed.

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