Table 1 Description of samples and methods used for investigation
Sample | Description | Methods |
|---|---|---|
1 | Plaster with green paint, a fragment of a painting from the archaeological excavations in 2020 | PM, OM, micro-Raman, FTIR |
2 | Plaster with light-blue paint, a fragment of a painting from the archaeological excavations in 2020 | PM, OM, micro-Raman, FTIR |
3 | Plaster with yellow paint, a fragment of a painting from the archaeological excavations in 2020 | PM, FTIR |
4 | Salt efflorescence with blue paint, the lower row of the saints, the south part of the semicircle in the Cathedral central apse | FTIR, chemical microanalysis |
5 | Plaster with yellow paint, painting of the portal of the Cathedral west narthex | PM, OM, micro-Raman |
6 | Plaster with red paint, composition "Deisis", painting over the portal of the Cathedral west narthex | PM, OM, micro-Raman, FTIR |
7 | Olive-green paint, composition "Deisis", painting over the portal of the Cathedral west narthex | FTIR |
8 | Plaster with red paint, composition "Deisis", painting over the portal of the Cathedral west narthex | PM, FTIR |
9 | Plaster, central zakomara (arched gable) of the west facade of the Cathedral | PM, NAA |
10 | Plaster with red paint, painting of the central zakomara (arched gable) of the Cathedral west facade | PM, OM, micro-Raman, FTIR, NAA |
11 | Whitewash with red paint, painting of the south pilaster-strip of the Cathedral west facade | PM, FTIR |
12 | Plaster with orange-red paint, painting of the central zakomara (arched gable) of the Cathedral west facade | PM, OM, micro-Raman, FTIR, NAA |
13 | Plaster from the south slope of the lite opening in the upper part of the west wall of the west arm of the naos of the Cathedral | PM, OM, micro-Raman, NAA |
14 | Plaster with gray-blue paint, tunic of Prophet Solomon, the surface between the west and north-west windows of the Cathedral drum | PM, OM, micro-Raman, FTIR |
15 | Yellow-green paint, the himatius of Prophet Jonah, the wall surface between the south and south-west windows of the Cathedral drum | PM, OM, micro-Raman, FTIR |
16 | Plaster with light-green paint, the himatius of Prophet Habakkuk, the surface between the north-east and east windows of the Cathedral drum | PM, OM, micro-Raman, FTIR |
17 | Plaster with dark-purple paint, the chiton of the unknown prophet, the surface between the east and south-east windows of the Cathedral drum | PM, OM, micro-Raman, FTIR |
18 | Plaster with yellow paint, the himatius of Prophet Zechariah, the surface between the north and north-east windows of the Cathedral drum | PM, OM, micro-Raman, FTIR |
19 | Mortar from the south compartment | NAA |