Fungal biodeterioration of a historical manuscript dating back to the 14th century: an insight into various fungal strains and their enzymatic activities

G Abdel-Maksoud, M Abdel-Nasser, MH Sultan, AM Eid… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aims to assess the deterioration aspects of a historical manuscript dating back to
the 14th century that was deposited in the Library of the Arabic Language Academy, Cairo …

Evaluating the efficacy of probiotic bacterial strain Lactobacillus plantarum for inhibition of fungal strains associated with historical manuscript deterioration: an …

M Abdel-Nasser, G Abdel-Maksoud, AM Eid… - Fungal Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to develop safe biological methods for controlling fungal
deterioration of historical manuscripts. Therefore, fifteen fungal isolates were obtained from …

Micro-DSC, FTIR-ATR and NMR MOUSE study of the dose-dependent effects of gamma irradiation on vegetable-tanned leather: The influence of leather thermal …

C Carsote, C Şendrea, MC Micu, A Adams… - Radiation Physics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Leather artefacts, archaeological, historical or modern, are prone to microbiological attack
which could lead to irreversible degradation. Previous studies performed on new leather …

Antifungal Activity of Cell-Free Filtrate of Probiotic Bacteria Lactobacillus rhamnosus ATCC-7469 against Fungal Strains Isolated from a Historical Manuscript

M Abdel-Nasser, G Abdel-Maksoud, AM Eid… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Herein, twelve fungal strains were isolated from a deteriorated historical manuscript dated
back to the 18th century. The obtained fungal strains were identified, using the traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of historical leather bookbindings by various thermal methods (TG/MS, Py-GC/MS, and micro-DSC) and FTIR-ATR spectroscopy

Z Sebestyén, E Badea, C Carsote, Z Czégény… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The goal of this study was to obtain information about the thermal stability, composition and
molecular structure of four historical leather bookbindings dated between the 17th and 19th …

Burial-induced deterioration in leather: a FTIR-ATR, DSC, TG/DTG, MHT and SEM study

G Vyskočilová, C Carşote, R Ševčík, E Badea - Heritage Science, 2022 - Springer
In this study we used an analytical approach based on complementary techniques that
targets all structural levels of collagen in leather to investigate how vegetable-tanned leather …

Study of the effect of tannins and animal species on the thermal stability of vegetable leather by differential scanning calorimetry

C Carşote, E Badea, L Miu, GD Gatta - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2016 - Springer
Micro-differential scanning calorimetry was used to reveal the deterioration patterns of
collagen in vegetable-tanned leather. The influence of both the tannin type, ie hydrolysable …

Model study of the leather degradation by oxidation and hydrolysis

G Vyskočilová, M Ebersbach, R Kopecká, L Prokeš… - Heritage Science, 2019 - Springer
Many objects of culture heritage, comprised of leather, need to receive the right treatment to
be restored and to elongate their lifespan. Determination of the degradation degree and …

Micro differential scanning calorimetry and micro hot table method for quantifying deterioration of historical leather

C Carsote, E Badea - Heritage Science, 2019 - Springer
The aim of this study was to advance the current understanding on the mechanism of
deterioration of historical vegetable tanned leathers and establish new criteria for …

Parchments and coloring materials in two IXth century manuscripts: On-site non-invasive multi-techniques investigation

Y Oubelkacem, T Lamhasni, A El Bakkali… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
One among the most famous ancient parchments in the Islamic world, dating back to the IXth
century, along with another contemporary one have been investigated by means of a …