Márcia Carina Coval Vieira (DA10-9C89-E1E7)

Curriculum Vitae

Márcia Carina Coval Vieira

Márcia Vieira is junior researcher (H-Index 5) with a PhD in Conservation and restoration of heritage, with specialization in Conservation Science, granted in 2024 by the Department of Conservation and Restoration of NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal. Her area of expertise is the study of paint materials and formulations, with special emphasis on red lake pigments, of medieval illuminated manuscripts. In 2019, she won a research fellowship in the project STEMMA for the study of the materiality of the only surviving medieval codex of Galician-Portuguese secular poetry. This research fellowship and her PhD resulted in her most recent and most important work: the first material study of four manuscripts produced in the scriptoria of Alfonso “the Learned”, belonging to the Spanish Royal Treasure. She worked within international teams, working on June 2022 in the Centro Conservazione e Restauro “La Venaria Reale”, in Italy. Currently, she is a research fellow in the Project “REDiscover”, working on the photostability and reconstruction of madder recipes from the 19th century Winsor and Newton archive.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Márcia Carina Coval Vieira

Citation names

Vieira, Márcia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: DA10-9C89-E1E7
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8925-8814

Telephones

Telephone

212948322 Ext.: 11307 (Professional)

Addresses

Department of Conservation and Restoration, FCT NOVA, Campus of Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Almada, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry
Humanities - Arts - Art history

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)	Elementary (A2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/01/01 - 2024/07/18 Concluded	Conservação e Restauro do Património (Doutoramento) Major in Conservation Science Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "The safeguard of medieval manuscript illumination: The conservation science perspective " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved by unanimity
2016/09/05 - 2018/12/05 Concluded	Conservação e Restauro (Mestrado) Major in Ciências da Conservação Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal "Organic and inorganic reds in Al-Andalus: characterization of medieval Islamic manuscripts" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18
2013/09 - 2016/07 Concluded	Conservação - Restauro (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal	17

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/03/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
2019/03/11 - 2019/11/11	Researcher (Research)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal
	Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/01/01 - 2024/07/18	Ph.D student	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/01/02 - 2025/01/01	REDiscovering madder colours: Science & Art for the preservation and creation of cultural heritage 2022.02909.PTDC 10.54499/2022.02909.PTDC Research Fellow Universidade Nova de Lisboa Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT, Portugal The Courtauld Institute of Art, United Kingdom Politecnico di Milano, Italy	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2020/01 - 2024/01	The safeguard of medieval manuscript illumination: The conservation science perspective SFRH/BD/148729/2019	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/03/11 - 2019/11/11	STEMMA - From singing to writing - survey on material prodution and routes of Galician-Portuguse Lyric #B08NI Research Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2019 - 2019	Investigación y análisis para el conocimiento y la preservación de un patrimonio documental: los manuscritos andalusíes HAR2016-77482-R Researcher	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Melo, Maria João; Nabais, Paula; Vieira, Márcia; Lopes, Graça Videira; Fernández, Laura Fernández. "The Brightest Color of All in Medieval Illuminations". In Handbook of Medieval Book Ornament. 2023. In press Fernández, Laura Fernández; Melo, Maria João; Vieira, Márcia. "Pigmentos para un rey: El rosa de "palo Brasil" en la paleta cromática de los manuscritos de Alfonso X". In El libro manuscrito medieval: del pergamino al metadato, edited by Carpallo Bautista, A.; Salamanca López, M.. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Dykinson, 2023. Published Melo, Maria João; Nabais, Paula; Vieira, Márcia; Martín, Lourdes; Sameño, Marta. "Capítulo 7. Identificación y Pigmentos". In Manuscritos del Fondo Kati. Investigación y análisis, edited by Martín Garcia, L.; Sameño Puerto, M.; Pavón Ramírez, M., 105-125. Sevilla, Spain: Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deporte. Junta de Andalucía; Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico, 2022. Published
Conference abstract	Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Angelin, E. M.; Melo, Maria João; Martín, Lourdes. "Organic reds in l-Andaluz: a study on medieval Islamic manuscripts". Paper presented in 37th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 37), Lisbon, 2018. Published
Conference paper	Eusébio, Daniela; Tatarescu, Vlad; Vieira, Márcia; Familia, Carlos; Bernardo, Maria Alexandra. "Raman Spectroscopy Applied to Blue and Green Ink Discrimination—A Pilot Study". Paper presented in The 6th International Congress of CiiEM—Immediate and Future Challenges to Foster One Health), Basel, 2023. 10.3390/msf2023022029 Maria João Melo; Nabais, Paula; Vieira, Márcia. "Mistérios e segredos do Cancioneiro da Ajuda: para uma cronologia do Cancioneiro da Ajuda através dos materiais da cor". Paper presented in Actas Congresso Mistérios e segredos do Cancioneiro da Ajuda, 2022. Submitted Ana Luís; Nabais, Paula; Araújo, Rita; Vieira, Márcia; Maria João Melo; Díaz Hidalgo, Rafael Javier; Córdoba, Ricardo; Teixeira, Natércia; Martín, Lourdes. "A arte de fazer tintas de escrita medievais no Al-Andalus: o que nos dizem as frontes escritas e o que nos traz a evidência experimental". Paper presented in XIII Congreso Internacional de Historia del Papel en la Península Ibérica, Málaga, 2019. Published
Conference poster	Teixeira, Natércia; Alves, T.; Mateus, N.; Freitas, Victor; Nabais, Paula; Vieira, Márcia; Melo, Maria João. "Dragon's Blood anthocyanins tackled through HPLC-MS analysis". Paper presented in 11th International Workshop on Anthocyanins y Betalains, 2024. Vieira, Márcia; Neves, Artur; Moro, Artur J.(F21C-32FD-8845); Otero, Vanessa. Corresponding author: Vieira, Márcia. "Fading away...or not? The photostability of ancient organic reds". Paper presented in 8th JIF - Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica, 2024. Rafael Javier Díaz Hidalgo; Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Maria João Melo; Teixeira, Natércia. "The making of black inks in the Arabic treatise by al-Qalalusi dated from the 13th c. Towards an Iberian writing ink workshop". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Drugs&Colors in History: From the Past to the Present, 2023. Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Maria J. Melo; Laura Fernandez Ferandez; Federica Pozzi. "Safeguarding illuminated manuscripts: Handheld Raman spectrometer as a key instrument for materials characterization". Paper presented in 4th International Caparica Christmas Conference on Transational Chemistry – IC3TC 2021, 2021.
Journal article	Imogen Cleveland; Andrew Beeby; Márcia Vieira; Fernando Pina; Paula S. Branco; Paula Nabais; Maria J. Melo. "Natural Colorants for a Bio-Based Economy—Recovering a Lost Knowledge for Novel Applications of Chrozophora tinctoria Extracts as Paints Through a Multi-Analytical Approach". Molecules (2025): https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30132860. 10.3390/molecules30132860 Melo, Maria J.; Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Neves, Artur; Pamplona, Marisa; Angelin, E. M.. Corresponding author: Melo, Maria J.. "A Closer Look at Heritage Systems from Medieval Colors to Modern and Contemporary Artworks". Heritage 7 10 (2024): 5476-5494. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage7100259. Published • 10.3390/heritage7100259 Vieira, Márcia; Melo, Maria João; de Carvalho, Luís Mendonça. Corresponding author: Vieira, Márcia. "Towards a Sustainable Preservation of Medieval Colors through the Identification of the Binding Media, the Medieval Tempera". Sustainability 16 12 (2024): 5027. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16125027. Published • 10.3390/su16125027 Vieira, Márcia; Melo, Maria João; Nabais, Paula; Lopes, João Almeida; Lopes, Graça Videira; Fernández, Laura Fernández. Corresponding author: Melo, Maria João. "The Colors in Medieval Illuminations through the Magnificent Scriptorium of Alfonso X, the Learned". Heritage 7 1 (2024): 272-300. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage7010014. Open access • Published • 10.3390/heritage7010014 Vieira, Márcia; Melo, Maria João; Conti, Claudia; Pozzi, Federica. Corresponding author: Pozzi, Federica. "A combined approach to the vibrational characterization of medieval paints on parchment: Handheld Raman spectroscopy and micro-SORS". Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 55 2 (2024): 263-275. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jrs.6632. Published • 10.1002/jrs.6632 Grigoryan, Hermine; Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Araújo, Rita; Melo, Maria João; Manso, Marta; Miranda, Maria Adelaide; Rodrigues, Jorge. Corresponding author: Melo, Maria João. "Exceptional Illuminated Manuscripts at the Gulbenkian Museum: The Colors of a Bible and Three Gospels Produced in the Armenian Diaspora". Heritage 6 3 (2023): 3211-3231. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage6030170. Published • 10.3390/heritage6030170 Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Hidalgo, Rafael Javier Díaz; Melo, Maria João; Pozzi, Federica. Corresponding author: Vieira, Márcia. "The only surviving Medieval codex of Galician-Portuguese secular poetry: tracing history through luxury pink colors". Heritage Science 11 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-00863-1. Open access • Published • 10.1186/s40494-023-00863-1 Melo, Maria J.; Freitas, Ana; Vieira, Cristiana; Vilarigues, Márcia; Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Sequeira, Sílvia; et al. Corresponding author: Melo, Maria J.. "Study of the Materials and Techniques of a Rare Papier-Mâché Mushroom Model Crafted in H. Arnoldi Factory". Molecules 28 3 (2023): 1062. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28031062. Published • 10.3390/molecules28031062 Díaz Hidalgo, Rafael Javier; Córdoba, Ricardo; Grigoryan, Hermine; Vieira, Márcia; Melo, Maria João; Nabais, Paula; Otero, Vanessa; et al. Corresponding author: Melo, Maria João. "The making of black inks in an Arabic treatise by al-Qalalusi dated from the 13th c.: reproduction and characterisation of iron-gall ink recipes". Heritage Science 11 1 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-022-00823-1. Published • 10.1186/s40494-022-00823-1 Melo, Maria João; Nabais, Paula; Vieira, Márcia; Araújo, Rita; Otero, Vanessa; Lopes, João Almeida; Martín, Lourdes. Corresponding author: Melo, Maria João. "Between past and future: Advanced studies of ancient colours to safeguard cultural heritage and new sustainable applications". Dyes and Pigments 208 (2023): 110815. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110815. Published • 10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.110815 Nabais, Paula; Melo, Maria João; Lopes, João Almeida; Vieira, Márcia; Castro, Rita; Romani, Aldo. Corresponding author: Lopes, João Almeida. "Organic colorants based on lac dye and brazilwood as markers for a chronology and geography of medieval scriptoria: a chemometrics approach". Heritage Science 9 1 (2021): 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-021-00490-8. Open access • Published • 10.1186/s40494-021-00490-8 Vieira, Márcia; Nabais, Paula; Angelin, E. M.; Araújo, Rita; Lopes, João Almeida; Martín, Lourdes; Sameño, Marta; Melo, Maria J.. Corresponding author: Melo, Maria J.. "Organic red colorants in Islamic manuscripts (12th-15th c.) produced in al-Andalus, part 1". Dyes and Pigments 166 (2019): 451-459. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.03.061. Published • 10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.03.061
Thesis / Dissertation	"The Safeguard of Medieval Manuscript Illuminations: The Conservation Science Perspective". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2024. Vieira, Márcia. "Vermelhos orgânicos e inorgânicos em Al-Andalus: Caracterização de manuscritos medievais Islâmicos". Master, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2018.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/11/13	Transversal approaches for a better characterization and preservation of medieval manuscript illuminations through color: 2ª Jornadas Internacionales sobre materiales, procedimientos y artistas en la configuración pictórica en el Mediterráneo del siglo XV	Rutas de mercado, rutas de arte Universitat Politècnica de València (Valência, Spain)
2024/11/09	Iberian treasures: Uncovering color in medieval illuminated manuscripts	International Workshop: Medieval Manuscripts across disciplines Departamento de História da Arte da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
2024/09	Fading memories: The impact of photosensitive eosin lakes on the conservation of 19th-century hand painted magic lantern slides	8th JIF - Jornadas Ibéricas de Fotoquímica NOVA School of Science and Technology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/09/21	More than a brazilwood rose: reproducibility and stability of accurate historical reconstructions	2nd International Conference on Drugs&Colors in History: From the Past to the Present Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2023/09/21	The making of black inks in the Arabic treatise by Al-Qalalusi dated from the 13th c. Towards an Iberian writing in workshop	2nd International Conference on Drugs&Colors in History: From the Past to the Present Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2023/05/07	Going green: The secret behind a fragile yet remarkable medieval color	Technart: International conference on analytical techniques in art and cultural heritage NOVA School of Science and Technology (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/09/29	Pigmentos para un rey: la paleta de los manuscritos alfonsies	El libro manuscrito medieval: del pergamino al metadato Universidade Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Portugal)
2021/11/15	Uncovering the secret recipe of Ajuda Songbook's pink	Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 40) British Museum (London, United Kingdom)
2021/06/22	A New World of Possibilities: Handheld Raman spectrometer for the in situ analysis of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts	Science and Sensitivity: Pushing the limits of Analytical Chemistry through High-Sensitivity Diagnostics in Art and Achaeology Sapienza Università di Roma (Rome, Italy)
2020/10/15	Brazilwood lake pigments in the illuminated manuscripts of Alfonso X: their first use in medieval European manuscripts?	Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 39) ASTRA Museum (Sibiu, Romania)
2020/10/15	Organic colorants as markers for a chronology and geography of medieval scriptoria and workshops	Dyes in History and Archaeology (DHA 39) ASTRA Museum (Sibiu, Romania)
2019/12/02	Exploring the frontiers of chemistry and the humanities for the safeguard of cultural heritage	3rd International Christmas Caparica Congress on Translational Chemistru IC3TC - 2019 NOVA School of Science and Technology (Caparica, Portugal)
2019/06	The Art of making medieval writing inks in al-Andalus: written sources and experimental evidence, (A arte de fazer tintas de escrita medievais no Al-Andalus: o que nos dizem as frontes escritas e o que nos traz a evidência experimental)	XIII Congreso Internacional de Historia del Papel en la Península Ibérica Rectorado de Málaga (Málaga, Spain)
2018/10/25	Organic red in Al-Andalus: A study in medieval islamic manuscripts	Dyes in History and Archaeology Departamento de Conservação e Restauro da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Caparica , Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - 2034	Sustainability challenges for the preservation of medieval greens in cultural heritage: back to basics Co-supervisor	ERASMUS Project (Other) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2022	ANÁLISE NÃO DESTRUTIVA DE TINTAS DE INSTRUMENTOS DE ESCRITA MANUAL – UMA CONTRIBUIÇÃO PARA A INVESTIGAÇÃO FORENSE DE DOCUMENTOS Co-supervisor	Tecnologias Laboratoriais em Ciências Forenses (Erasmus mundus) (Master) Egas Moniz Cooperativa de Ensino Superior CRL, Portugal
2020 - 2020	Mediecal colors in the making: brazilwood paint formulations Co-supervisor	Tirocinio course (Other) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2020 - 2020	Medieval colors in the making: brazilwood paint formulations in the 12th c.-early 14th c. Co-supervisor	Tirocinio course (Other) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2021/03/01 - 2021/06/04	Organization of the research Seminar class under the Doctoral Program in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (FCT NOVA) (2021/06/02 - 2021/06/04) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/10/25 - 2018/10/26	Collaborator of the organising committee of the 37th Dyes in History and Archaeology Conference (2018/10/24 - 2018/10/26) Conference (Other)	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2024 - Current	Dissimination activity within the European Researcher's Night Other	European Researcher's Night Universidade de Lisboa Museu Nacional de História Natural, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2014 - Current	Dissemination activity on art forgery and medieval Illuminated manuscripts within the Expo FCT event for high school students Exhibition	EXPO FCT Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018/03/26 - 2018/03/26	Member of the organization of the first Open Day of Conservation celebrating the 20 years of the Degree in Conservation and Restoration and the European Year of Heritage, inclusing an echibition "an artisti like you have never seen him" Other	"Dia Aberto com Portas Abertas à Conservação e Restauro" Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2015 - 2017	Participation in the Pedagogical coucil of FCT-NOVA faculty as the representative student member of the course Conservation and Restauration. Member	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
2014 - 2017	Member of Pedagogic Committe of Conservation and Restauration. Responsable for the divulgation and for the interests of students and professors, creating a comunication bridge between both. Member	Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

	Topic	Student name
2021 - Current	Analytical Methods for Cultural Heritage (Infared Module - DCR FCT NOVA master's degree))	Pratical classes for entire class
2020 - Current	History of Artistic Production Techniques I (DCR FCT NOVA master's degree)	Pratical lesson for entire class

Distinctions

Award

2021	Excellent Poster Presentation Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal International Christmas Conference on Transational Chemistry, Portugal
2018	Best Student of the Master's in Conservation and Restoration 2017/2018 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal