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07:53 Aug 11, 2011 |
Romanian to English translations [PRO] Science - Archaeology / restaurare artefacte | |||||||
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| Selected response from: George C. Luxembourg Local time: 17:27 | ||||||
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3 +3 | vile or virulent patina |
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vile or virulent patina Explanation: v. http://www.northernlightstudio.com/patinalec.php http://bdml.stanford.edu/twiki/pub/Brunelleschi/AlicesNotebo... PATINA: noble / vile or virulent In an effort to bring some clarity and precision to the use of the term, the late John Gettens wrote an important study of the corrosion crusts found on buried bronze artifacts entitled “Patina: noble and vile” after Pliny’s 1st century CE distinctions between “aerugo nobilis” and “virus aerugo”, describing corrosion that is desirable, stable and attractive and corrosion that is unattractive and virulent. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 45 mins (2011-08-11 08:39:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- diverse referinţe menţionează contrastul între noble (exquisite, attractive) patina VS vile (destructive, unattractive) patina -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 hrs (2011-08-11 19:40:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- cu placere :-) |
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