Pigment analysis of wall paintings from a church in the Skopje Fortress, Republic of Macedonia
Pigment analysis of wall paintings from a church in the Skopje Fortress, Republic of Macedonia
2 PagesArt 03 V. Tanevska 1 , Lj. Džidrova 2 , B. Minceva-Šukarova 1 and O. Grupce 1 1 Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, “SS. Cyril and Methodius” University, Arhimedova 5, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia e-mail: vinka@archaeometry.ukim.edu.mk, biljanam@pmf.ukim.mk 2 Museum of Macedonia, Curciska bb, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Micro-Raman pigment analysis of wall paintings from a church in the Skopje Fortress, Republic of Macedonia Introduction The Mediaeval fortification Skopsko Kale (Skopje Fortress) is si- tuated in the heart of the modern capital of the Republic of Mace- donia, Skopje, performing the role of a strategic centre of the Central Balkan Peninsula, mainly since the 6 th until the end of the 19 th century. This Fortress served as one of
