background: : permanent slide preparation of nematodes especially small ones is time consuming, difficult and they become scarious margins. regarding this prob­lem, a modified double glass mounting method was developed and com­pared with classic method. methods: a total of 209 nematode samples from human and animal origin were fixed and stained with formaldehyde alcohol azocarmine lactophenol (...

In 2021, two projects for the protection and preservation of Austrian stained glass were performed in close cooperation between Federal Monuments Authority Austria active members Corpus Vitrearum Austria. Both are dedicated to difficult topics that will increasingly challenge how we tackle monuments coming decades. There questions regarding correct conservation restoration treatment from late 1...

Abstract The understanding of the connection between value an image and materials that were used to make it is limited, especially for stained-glass windows. However, such information can bring-to-light how artistic economic questions intertwined final artwork depended on ranking materials. With this paper, we aim illustrate benefit combining art historical research with scientific analysis ret...

Most stained-glass windows installed during the Middle Ages have deteriorated over time due to climate and pollution. To reconstruct their alteration history centuries, evaluate current environmental risk, predict in future, two modelling methodologies been used. First, based on short-term exposure of medieval-type glass different sites, dose–response functions (DRFs) were established. These DR...