Offers an overview of the analysis of art and archaeological materials using techniques based on mass spectrometry Illustrates basic principles, procedures and applications of mass spectrometric techniques. Fills a gap in the field of application on destructive methods in the analysis of museum objects Edited by a world-wide respected specialists with extensive experience of the GC/MS analysis of art objects Such a handbook has been long-awaited by scientists, restorers and other experts in the analysis of art objects

* Offers an overview of the analysis of art and archaeologicalmaterials using techniques based on mass spectrometry* Illustrates basic principles, procedures and applications ofmass spectrometric techniques.* Fills a gap in the field of application on destructive methodsin the analysis of museum objects* Edited by a world-wide respected specialists with extensiveexperience of the GC/MS analysis of art objects* Such a handbook has been long-awaited by scientists, restorersand other experts in the analysis of art objects

List of Contributors viiAcknowledgements ixPreface xiPart I Introduction 11 Organic Materials in Art and Archaeology 3Maria Perla Colombini and Francesca Modugno2 Overview of Mass Spectrometric Based Techniques Applied in the Cultural Heritage Field 37Gianluca GiorgiPart II Direct Mass Spectrometric Analysis 753 Direct Mass Spectrometric Techniques: Versatile Tools to Characterise Resinous Materials 77Erika Ribechini4 Direct Mass Spectrometry to Characterise Wax and Lipid Materials 97Martine Regert5 GALDI-MS Applied to Characterise Natural Varnishes and Binders 131Patrick Dietemann and Christoph Herm6 MALDI-MS Applied to the Analysis of Protein Paint Binders 165Stepanka Kuckova, Radovan Hynek and Milan KodicekPart III Gas Chromatography/mass Spectrometry 1897 GC/MS in the Characterization of Lipids 191Maria Perla Colombini, Francesca Modugno and Erika Ribechini8 GC/MS in the Characterisation of Resinous Materials 215Francesca Modugno and Erika Ribechini9 GC/MS in the Characterisation of Protein Paint Binders 237Maria Perla Colombini and Gwénaëlle Gautier10 SPME/GC-MS in the Characterisation of Terpenic Resins 261Jean Bleton and Alain Tchapla11 Py-GC/MS of Organic Paint Binders 303Ilaria Bonaduce and Alessia Andreotti12 Py-GC/MS of Natural and Synthetic Resins 327Dominique Scalarone and Oscar ChiantorePart IV Liquid Chromatography/mass Spectrometry 36313 Characterization of Organic Natural Dyes by Electrospray Mass Spectrometry Coupled with HPLC and/or Capillary Electrophoresis 365Katarzyna Lech, Katarzyna Polec-Pawlak and Maciej JaroszPart V other MS-based Techniques 38914 Compound-specific Stable Isotopes in Organic Residue Analysis in Archaeology 391Richard P. Evershed15 ToF-SIMS Study of Organic Materials in Cultural Heritage: Identification and Chemical Imaging 433Vincent Mazel and Pascale Richardin16 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry for ¯14C Dating 459Mariaelena FediIndex 483