1st European Symposium on Drugs & Colors in History:
from the past to the present
Revisiting ancient Pharmacies, Apothecaries, Spezierias & Workshops
2021 Symposium Program
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Botanical Garden of Valencia, Universitat de València
Accreditation and registration
Presentation of the International Symposium
Ester Alba Pagán
Vicerrectora de Cultura y Deportes, Universitat de València, Spain
Rosa Esteban Esteban
Directora de l'Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny de València, Spain
Yolanda Gil Saura
Directora del Departamento de Historia del Arte, Universitat de València, Spain
Antonio González Bueno
Director del Museo de la Farmacia Hispana, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Antonio Barone
Direttore della Rotta dei Fenici, Council of Europe
Ma Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Departamento de Historia del Arte, Universitat de València, Spain
Directora Científica del Proyecto de Investigación Roma Hispana: spezieria di Santa Maria della Scala, Roma, Italy
Symposium 1. The spezieria of Santa Maria della Scala, Rome
Moderator: Lucía Rojo Iranzo, Universitat de València
Master lecture: Santa Maria della Scala: past, present and future of a pilot project in Rome
Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Universitat de València, Spain
The Santa Maria della Scala project on stage: social networks as a tool for academic diffusion
Cristina Expósito de Vicente, Simona Tardi
Universitat de València, Spain
Coffee Break
Moderator: Simona Tardi, Universitat de València, Spain
Cataloging of cultural property preserved in the spezieria of Santa Maria della Scala, Rome: procedures and results
Susana Herreras Sala
Universitat de València, Spain
Antonio Sánchez García
Escola d´Art i Superior de Disseny de València, Spain
The herbarium 1 of Santa Maria della Scala. Cultural study and preventive conservation of a historical source on plant materia medica in baroque Rome
Susana Herreras Sala, Lucía Rojo Iranzo
Universitat de València, Spain
Antonio Sánchez García
Escola d´Art i Superior de Disseny de València, Spain
Ancient recipes and remedies from the apothecary of Santa Maria della Scala in Rome
Isabella Leone
Centro Universitario Cattolico di Roma, Italy
Mineral Pigments, Gems, Salts and Medicines at the 17th Century Santa Maria della Scala Pharmacy in Rome
Giovanni Cavallo
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland
Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Universitat de València, Spain
Investigation on the composition of Historical Remedies: from the Ancient Organic Compounds to the Modern Ones
Giulia C. Lodi, Francesca C. Izzo
Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Italy
Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Universitat de València, Spain
Discrimination by UV-vis Reflectance Diffuse Spectrometry of the Organic Content of Several Drugs Conserved at Santa Maria della Scala, Rome: from the Past to Modern Age
Giulia C. Lodi
Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Italy
Neus Jornet-Martínez, Rosa Herráez-Herández, Pilar Campíns-Falcó
Universitat de València, Spain
The woods of the spezieria of Santa Maria della Scala
Mauro Bernabei, Jarno Bontadi, Nicola Macchioni
Institute of Bioeconomy - National Research Council, Italy
Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Universitat de València, Spain
Lunch
Moderator: Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Characterization by different Laser Spettroscopies of Ancient Chemicals with Know Dual Use
Roberta Fantoni
ENEA, Fusion and Nuclear Security and Safety Department; Physical Technologies Division, Frascati, Italy
Virtual Reconstruction Methodologies in Architectural Spaces: The Experience of the spezieria of Santa Maria della Scala in Rome
Sergio Ferrero Gil, Miguel Ángel García Oliver, Rafael Garay Peset, Juan Manuel Gil Bordallo
Escola d´Art i Superior de Disseny de València, Spain
Juan Carlos Izquierdo Garay
Escola d´Art i Superior de Disseny de València, Spain
run & run creative design studio, València, Spain
Moderator: Miquel Ángel Herrero-Cortell, Universitat Politècnica de València
"Aromas Itinerarium Salutis". La spezieria de Santa Maria della Scala, Rome: origin and starting point of the first European cultural route on Heritage, Aroma and Health
Simona Tardi, Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Cristina Expósito de Vicente
Universitat de València, Spain
Nuria Blaya Estrada
Florida Universitaria, València, Spain
Strada Experiencias Culturales, València, Spain
Cultural itineraries experienced. Strada cultural experiences as a platform for the “Aromas Itinerarium Salutis”: The European journey through time and the senses
Nuria Blaya Estrada
Florida Universitaria, València, Spain
Strada Experiencias Culturales, València, Spain
Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Simona Tardi, Cristina Expósito de Vicente
Universitat de València, Spain
The network of values: the case of the cultural routes of the Council of Europe
Antonio Barone
Direttore della Rotta dei Fenici-Council of Europe
Coffee Break
Moderator: Ma. Antonia Zalbidea Muñoz, Universitat Politècnica de València
Physicochemical identification and historical study of simples y compuestos in the Catalan apothecary of Ferrer Puigcerda (18th century): a pilot project in the Museum of the Hispanic Pharmacy of Madrid
Alejandra Gómez Martín, Antonio González Bueno
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Lucía Rojo Iranzo, Susana Herreras Sala, Cristina Expósito de Vicente, Simona Tardi, Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Universitat de València, Spain
Drugs and Colors in Santa Maria della Scala, Rome: tradition and innovation
M. Romani L. Pronti, G. Viviani, M. Cestelli-Guidi
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Frascati, Rome
Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Universitat de València, Spain
Risk and Vulnerability Analysis in the Spezieria di Santa Maria della Scala, Rome
Rocio Ortiz Calderón, Pilar Ortiz Calderón, Mónica Moreno Falcón, Javier Becerra Luna
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain
Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Universitat de València, Spain
Mass Spectrometry studies of Theriac, an old sample from Spezieria di Santa Maria Della Scala in Rome
Luisa Mattoli, E. Flamini, M. Burico, Annalisa Cantarini, Valentino Mercati
Aboca Spa. Società Agricola, Italy
Rita Pagiotti
Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy
Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Universitat de València, Spain
P. Traldi
Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza, Padova, Italy
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny, València
Symposium 2. Colors throught history
Moderator: Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Universitat de València
Master lecture: On the Life of a Scriptorium: Unveiling the Interdisciplinary Study of the ALC.433 Manuscript and its Unique Chronological Record of the Work at the Portuguese Scriptoria-UM of Alcobaça
Catarina Miguel, Shatila Fitri
Universidade Évora, Portugal
Conceição Casanova, Catarina Barreira
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Moderator: Susana Herreras Salas
“Dreaming Colors”. The curative symbolism of colors in Artemidoro de Daldis´s Oneirocriticism and its Pervivence in Art History
Esther Alba Pagán, Miquel Requena Jiménez
Universitat de València, Spain
The Colours of Death: Geo-Chronological Perspectives on Shrouds Decoration in Roman Egypt
Jónatan Ortiz García
Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Amparo Mateo Donet
Universitat de València, Spain
Coffee Break
Moderator: Juan Carlos Izquierdo Garay, EASD-València
Image Spectroscopy to Support the Identification of Ancient Pigments and Dyes
Marcello Picollo, Costanza Cucci, Andrea Casini, Lorenzo Stefani
Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara” del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Firenze, Italy
“De diversis artibus”, a cookbook of artistic technology for the study of medieval varnishes
María Antonia Zalbidea Muñoz
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Jakub Zelazowski
Independent scholar
Francisco Javier Lorente Puchades
Independent scholar
Miquel Àngel Herrero-Cortell
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Color: vehicle of light in the medieval polychrome stone sculpture of the Balearic Island
Lucia Bosch Rubio, Manuel Jardón Cabezas
Servicios de Conservación y Restauración, Son Companys, Spain
Davide Melica
Diagnostica per la conservazione e il restauro, Copertino, Italy
María Auxiliadora Gómez-Morrón
Instituto Andaluz de Patrimonio Histórico, Sevilla, Spain
Pilar Ortíz Calderón
Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain
Mapping the colours of early modern devotion: a hyperspectral imaging approach for the investigation of 16th-century printed Books of Hours
Silvia Bottura Scardina, Catarina Miguel
Universidade Évora, Portugal
“De Cognicione Coloris”: technical precepts from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries for the recognition of pigments
Miquel Àngel Herrero-Cortell
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Multi-Analytical Characterization of Valencian Artist' Palette from the XIX-XX Centuries: The case studies of L'Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny de València, Spain
Silvia Caravà, Francesca C. Izzo
Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Italy
Clodoaldo Roldán García, Sonia Murcia Mascarós, Ma Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Universitat de València, Spain
Organic and inorganic components present in the production of writing inks
Gemma María Contreras Zamorano
Institut Valencià de Conservació, Restauració i Investigació, Generalitat Valenciana, Spain
Lunch
Moderator: Antonio Sánchez García, EASD-València
Color and funeral cosmetics in Teotihuacan (Mexico): uses, raw materials and chromatic structures
Ángela Ejarque Gallardo, Carlos López Puértolas
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Colors and Aromatics in Ancient Maya Rituals: The Study of Human Painted Bones Fragments
Carolina Rigon, Francesca C. Izzo
Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Italy
Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Universitat de València, Spain
Ma-XRF: A New Method to Identify and Image Paintings Mixtures. Some case studies from Raphael to Caravaggio
Marco Cardinali
Emmebi Diagnostica Artistica, Roma, Italy
Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
“Mettere la tavolozza in ordine” in a 17th century workshop in Rome: pigments, mixtures, recommendations through Richard Symonds' Notebook on Giovanni Angelo Canini's painting
Maria Beatrice De Ruggieri
Emmebi Diagnostica Artistica, Roma, Italy
Sapienza Universitá di Roma, Italy
Coffee Break
Moderator: Rafael Garay Peset, EASD-València
The Scientific Inventory of Almada Negreiros’ Painting Materials. Phase 1: Powder Pigments from Lefranc-Paris-Couleurs pour La Fresque
Milene Gil, Mafalda Costa, Sara Valadas, Ana Cardoso
Universidade Évora, Portugal
Mexican colors in the cross of the Nazarene in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain
Ana García Barrios
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Universitat de València, Spain
Rocío Ortiz Calderón, Pilar Ortiz Calderón
Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, Spain
Juan José Delgado Aguilera
Museo de El Puerto de Santamaria, Cádiz, Spain
Tarahumaras & color
Karla Muñoz Alcocer
Misiones Coloniales de Chihuahua, México & Tecnológico de Monterrey, México
Laura Fuster López
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual
Universitat de València, Spain
Iriana Serna Frescas, Froylán Rascón Gutiérrez, Daniel Salazar Aleman, Eric Estrada Loya
Tecnológico de Monterrey, México
The symbolism of the chromatisms in the floral ornamentation of the rocks and other allegorical elements of the Corpus Christi festival in Valencia
Antoni Colomina Subiela, Vicente Guerola Blay
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Fortuny Museum in Venice. Belle Epoque Laboratory
María Roca Cabrera
Universitat de València, Spain
Colour names: history, evolution and multilingualism in textiles
Ester Alba Pagán, Mar Gaitán Salvatella, Arabella León, Eliseu M. Roig, Jorge Sebastián
Universitat de València, Spain
Marie Puren, Pierre Vernus
Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Lyon Saint Etienne, France
Georgia lo Cicero, Maurizio Vitella
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy
Color research of historical silk textiles
Ma. Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos Pascual, Lucía Rojo Iranzo, Rosa Herráez-Hernández, Pilar Campíns-Falcó
Universitat de València, Spain
FRIDAY 22, 2021
La Nau Cultural Center, Universitat de València
Symposium 3. Drugs through history
Moderator: Sergio Ferrero Gil, EASD-València
Master lecture: Natural Dyes Used in Painting, Food and Drugs
Claudia Pelosi, Luca Lanteri
Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy
Moderator: Juan Manuel Gil Bordallo, EASD-València
Psychoactive Plants in Medicine: Cannabis sativa History
Eva Luna Muñoz Vidal
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
Cristina Vidal Lorenzo
Universitat de València, Spain
The Contribution of Physical Chemistry to Philology: the example of the names of ancient collyria evoking colours
Muriel Labonnelie
Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
Coffee Break
Moderator: Antonio Barone, Direttore della Rotta dei Fenici-Council of Europe
Magic and Medicine in the Hebrew Biblical Text: The Books of Kings
Claudia Muñoz Riesco
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Biblical purple-blue (tekhelet): chromatic border between magic and ritual
Cristina Expósito de Vicente
Universitat de València, Spain
Colors or Drugs? Plants and Vegetal Dyes in the Mycenaean ‘perfumed’ oil on Pylos Tablets
Rachele Pierini
Università di Bologna, Italy
Drugs & Colors in the Greek Papyri from Egypt: The Case of φάρμακον
Nicola Reggiani
Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy
Plants in ancient Greek World. Therapeutic Ritual Food uses and others more
Marina Rubinich
Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
Perfumes and ointments in Pompeii. From Hellenistic times to the eruption of AD 79
Jean-Pierre Brun
College de France, París, France
Macarena de los Santos Bustamante Álvarez
Universidad de Granada, Spain
Albert Ribera i Lacomba
Institut Català d’Arqueología Clàssica, Tarragona, Spain
From the apothecary to the painter workshop: The apothecaries who sold materials to the painters of the Crown of Aragon during the low Middle Ages.
Carmel Ferragud
Universitat de València, Spain
Carme Llanes
Independent Scholar
“E farà aquell d´or fi, azur d’acre e altres colors bons e fins”. The “apothecaries” in medieval Valencia: The pigment trade through Valencian documentation
Nuria Ramón Marqués, Joan Aliaga-Morell
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Lunch
Moderator: Cristina Expósito de Vicente, Universitat de València
Wax and chocolate: the apothecary of the Franciscan Fathers of Grace between ex voto and gluttony
Paola Artoni
Università di Verona, Italy
Alchemists at the Court of Gonzaga and Mantuan apothecaries
Paolo Bertelli
Complesso Museale Palazzo Ducale di Mantova, Italy
From 'Stibio' to antimonial drugs: in search of miraculous medicinal remedies
María Julia Martínez García
Independent Scholar
Diagnosis of the state of conservation of the wooden shelves and their surroundings in three museum pharmacies in the Historic Center of Havana, Cuba
Alina Romeo Sáez
Oficina del Historiador de La Habana, Cuba
Betzaida Rodríguez Rosales, Dahimi Abreu Gibert
Universidad de Las Artes, La Habana, Cuba
Coffe Break
Moderator: Sergio Ferrero Gil
Colors on clay in Teotihuacan architecture
Jorge Martínez Sala
Universitat de València
Flavors and smells in the mud. Study of American vases in the Spanish collections
Andrés Gutiérrez, Asunción Rivera, María Barrigón, Carmen Rodríguez y Carolina Notario
Museo de América de Madrid, Spain
Taste and colour: spices in the traditional Alicante recipes
Josep Bernabeu-Mestre, Ángeles Ruiz García, María Tormo Santamaria
Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Ad faciendum colors. Between spices and gems: Workshop on the manufacture of pigments, dyes and historical lacquers
SATURDAY 23, 2021
Ciencia y Creencia: tejiendo relatos entre arte, ciencia y salud en el patrimonio valenciano
Nuria Blaya Estrada
Florida Universitaria, València, Spain
Strada Experiencias Culturales, València, Spain