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The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 8
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01 November 2014

This bulletin, is the latest part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers a forum to show a dynamic behind-the-scenes glimpse of the current work which curators, conservators and scientists have conducted on a range of artefacts and materials across the collections at the British Museum. 12 months after publication, the articles of each bulletin are uploaded onto the�British Museum website�for public viewing.
ART / Conservation & Preservation, Conservation, restoration and care of artworks
Foreword -�David Saunders
Technical study of a rare Venetian turquoise glass goblet from the Waddesdon Bequest -�Dora Thornton, Ian Freestone, William Gudenrath, Martina Bertini, Andrew Meek and Denise Ling
Technological insights into madder pigment production in antiquity -�Vincent Daniels, Thibaut Devi�se, Marei Hacke and Catherine Higgitt
Sacred souvenir: the Holy Sepulchre models in the British Museum -�Jonathan Williams, Philip Kevin, Caroline Cartwright and Jacob Norris
The study and conservation of the silk painting Death of the Buddha -�Keisuke Sugiyama, Tim Clark, Janet Ambers and Giovanni Verri
Etruscan women�s clothing and its decoration: the polychrome gypsum statue from the �Isis Tomb� at Vulci -�Giovanni Verri, Margarita Gleba, Judith Swaddling, Timothy Long, Janet Ambers and Tomasina Munden
An Aleut cape and cap made of sea mammal intestine: from storage to display -�Vanessa S�iz G�mez, Caroline R. Cartwright, Jonathan C.H. King and Pippa Cruickshank
Xenon flash for reflectance and luminescence (multispectral) imaging in cultural heritage applications -�Giovanni Verri and David Saunders
Polychromy in Roman Egypt: a study of a limestone sculpture of the Egyptian god Horus -�Joanne Dyer, Elisabeth R. O�Connell and Antony Simpson
Microscopical examination of fibres used in Ming dynasty paper money -�Caroline R. Cartwright, Christina M. Duffy and Helen Wang
Analysis of pigment palettes as evidence for room status in Nero�s Golden House -�Emma Payne and Dirk Booms