Here we present all the reports on the radiocarbon tests, pigment analyses and X-rays of the UNIL globes and on their restoration.

1. Terrestrial globe | stand

Radiocarbon analysis report, West Swiss Laboratory of Dendrochronology, N° réf. LRD12/R6757R, 21.09.2012, Jean Tercier & Jean-Pierre Hurni, Moudon. [download the document – PDF 517 Ko]

2. Celestial globe | stand

Radiocarbon analysis report, West Swiss Laboratory of Dendrochronology, N° réf. LRD12/R6756R, 21.09.2012, Jean Tercier & Jean-Pierre Hurni, Moudon. [download the document – PDF 498 Ko]

3. Terrestrial globe | sphere

AMS radiocarbon analysis report, West Swiss Laboratory of Dendrochronology, N° réf. LRD12/R6756R, 02.09.2013, Jean Tercier & Jean-Pierre Hurni, Moudon. [download the document – PDF 440 Ko]

4. Terrestrial globe and celestial globe | pigments

Analytical report, HKB, Kunsttechnologisches Labor, N° réf. HKB1406101Ext, 20.09.2014, Dr Nadim Scherrer & Dr Stefan Zumbühl, Berne. [download the document – PDF 3,9 Mo]

5. Terrestrial globe and celestial globe | condition report, analyses and restoration

The Mercator globes of the University of Lausanne. Material observations. Condition report. Report on conservation-restoration: Workshop and laboratory of the Swiss Institute for Art Research SIK-ISEA, N° réf. 141110 0002 : 01/02, octobre 2015, Margaux Genton, Zürich. [download the document – PDF 3,9 Mo]