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• Multi-Analytical Techniques for the Study of Burial Clothes of Polish King Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1633) and His Wife Constance Habsburg (1588–1631)

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  • M. Śliwka-Kaszyńska
  • M. Cybulska
  • A. Drążkowska
  • S. Kuberski
  • J. Karczewski
  • A. Marzec
  • P. Rybiński

  - MOLECULES - Year 2024

  The subjects of this research are the burial clothes of Polish King Sigismund III Vasa and his wife Constance, which were woven and embroidered with silk and metal threads. Fragments of the textiles underwent spectroscopic, spectrometric, and thermogravimetric analyses. The hydrofluoric acid extraction method was improved to isolate various classes of dyes from the textile samples that had direct contact with human remains. High-performance...

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