Conservation issues of large rolled paintings on the Portuguese altarpieces by Rita Macedo Moreira

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Canvas support impregnation materials and techniques: a study of Portuguese painting and its conservation issues by Andréa Carolina Teixeira

“…This paper focuses on the study of oil based coating impregnations, applied in the past, on the reverse of Portuguese painting canvas supports.The scientific study of the impregnation materials found in the painting “The Knight of the Order of Malta” (18th century) was carried out on samples using several analytical techniques – Optical Microscopy (OM) under visible reflected and polarised light and ultraviolet fluorescence (UV); Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS), Fourier transform Infrared spectroscopy (transmission and FTIR-ATR), and Scanning electron microscopy coupled with an energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) – in order to identify the materials and the techniques used in this practice.…”
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Genetic Predictors of Poor Prognosis in Portuguese Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Data from Reuma.pt by Ana Filipa Mourão, Maria José Santos, Sílvia Mendonça, Filipa Oliveira-Ramos, Manuel Salgado, Paula Estanqueiro, José Melo-Gomes, Fernando Martins, Ana Lopes, Bruno Filipe Bettencourt, Jácome Bruges-Armas, José Costa, Carolina Furtado, Ricardo Figueira, Iva Brito, Jaime Branco, João Eurico Fonseca, Helena Canhão

“…Introduction. This study aimed to assess the genetic determinants of poor outcome in Portuguese patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). …”
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Luciano Freire: between tradition and novelty by Maria da Conceição Lopes Casanova

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Diplomacia visual na Baixa Idade Média portuguesa: os oficiais de armas by Duarte Maria Monteiro de Babo Marinho

“…This study aims to discuss the officers of arms and Portuguese heraldry as an aggregate of science, art and technique, that is, possessing symbolic meaning reflected through colours, figures and their organization in a coat of arms – according to heraldic rules. …”
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ARMC5 Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia Associated with a Meningioma: A Family Report by M. J. Ferreira, J. Pedro, D. Salazar, C. Costa, J. Aragão Rodrigues, M. M. Costa, A. Grangeia, J. L. Castedo, D. Carvalho

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A sigilografia portuguesa em tempos de Afonso Henriques by Maria do Rosário Barbosa Morujão

“…This article aims at studying the beginnings of the Portuguese sigillography, which coincide with the government of Afonso Henriques. …”
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Os físicos e a medicina da alma no Orto do Esposo by Marisa das Neves Henriques

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Cinquante ans depuis la révolution des œillets by Lincoln Secco, Osvaldo Coggiola

“…The Carnation Revolution was Portuguese and European. The issues that drove it were common to post-war European societies: decolonization, political democracy (fight against authoritarianism and dictatorships), intensification of class clashes. …”
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Coïmbre, Tolède, Lisbonne by Jean-Pierre Molénat

“…At Coimbra, in 1064, as at Toledo, in 1095, and again at Lisbon, in 1147, the so-called "Reconquest" coming from the north of the peninsula, even from further afield, found on the spot groups of Arabized Christians, who are commonly refered to as "Mozarabs". …”
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Inventorier et cartographier l’héraldique des municipalités portugaises : l’armorial de Cristóvão Alão de Morais by Miguel Metelo de Seixas

“…As part of the reorganisation of the Portuguese monarchy following the restoration of independence from Spain in 1640, the magistrate Cristóvão Alão de Morais devoted himself to compiling the first armorial whose sole subject was the coats of arms of all the Portuguese municipalities. …”
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Affects of Resistance: Candomblé Rituals in Contemporary Brazilian Fiction by Parvathi M. S.

“…The novel is set in a colonial plantation in Bahai, a Northeastern province in Brazil, where plantations owned by Portuguese colonisers operationalized tenant farming, installing slaves brought in from Africa during the Transatlantic trade as bonded labourers. …”
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Saint John at Calvary: technical and material study of a polychrome wood sculpture by Helena Pereira

“…A polychrome wood sculpture depicting Saint John at Calvary, probably a 17th century Portuguese production, was the subject of a study that aimed to characterise its materials and techniques. …”
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History of materials: a new tool for conservation of glass and ceramics by Carla Machado, Fernanda Carvalho, Marta Pessoa e Costa, Sara Martins

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Oil painting on tinplate by Francisco José Resende by Ana Rita Veiga

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Heraldry and entailment identity in pre-modern Portugal by Rita Nóvoa

“…Among the different solutions adopted to regulate the use and transmission of arms and the rest of the family's symbolic heritage were entails. …”
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Gaan Mawina, le Marouini (haut Maroni) au cœur de l’histoire des Noirs marrons Boni/Aluku et des Amérindiens Wayana by Marie Fleury

“…Their destiny crossed the Wayana’s path, from Brazil, who were trying to escape slaves' hunters, armed by the Portuguese, and had taken refuge at the sources of Maroni for more than one hundred years. …”
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