title: Scientific investigation of the Imperial Gates belonging to the wooden church from Săcel, Turda County, Romania.
abstract: Cultural heritage objects have a major contribution to the historical patrimony of every country. In Romania, wooden churches are famous, they are mostly dated in between the XVth and XXth century, but unfortunately many of them have been destroyed, by natural or anthropic means. Therefore, the necessity of conservation and restoration has appeared, to the ones that still exist, as legacy for the future generations. In the present article, an Imperial Gate from a wooden church in Cluj County, Romania, has been investigated, using scientific techniques (FTIR and XRF). A 3D reconstruction has been performed, using similar colors with the original artwork, as resulted from the scientific investigation of the painting materials. A limited number of constituent materials have been used for this artwork, and the wood species used was lime, due to the ease of carving.
authors.affiliation: "Babes-Bolyai" University, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Episcop Nicolae Ivan St., 400609 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Măruţoiu
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat St., 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bratu
authors.affiliation: Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania, 21 Memorandumului St., 400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Troşan
authors.affiliation: Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 28 Memorandumului St., 400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neamtu
authors.affiliation: "Babes-Bolyai" University, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Episcop Nicolae Ivan St., 400609 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Măruţoiu
authors.affiliation: University of Art and Design, 31 Unirii Square, 400098 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pop
authors.affiliation: INCDO-INOE 2000, Research Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, 67 Donath St., RO-400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tănăselia
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donat St., 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Electronic address: sgarabagiu@itim-cj.ro.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garabagiu
keywords: 3D reconstruction; Art and constituent materials; FTIR and XRF spectroscopy; Imperial Gates