| New insights into iron-gall inks through the use of historically accurate reconstructions RJ Díaz Hidalgo, R Córdoba, P Nabais, V Silva, MJ Melo, F Pina, ... Heritage Science 6, 1-15, 2018 | 89 | 2018 |
| Organic dyes in illuminated manuscripts: a unique cultural and historic record MJ Melo, P Nabais, M Guimarães, R Araújo, R Castro, MC Oliveira, ... Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical …, 2016 | 41 | 2016 |
| A 1000-year-old mystery solved: Unlocking the molecular structure for the medieval blue from Chrozophora tinctoria, also known as folium P Nabais, J Oliveira, F Pina, N Teixeira, V De Freitas, NF Brás, ... Science Advances 6 (16), eaaz7772, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Microspectrofluorimetry and chemometrics for the identification of medieval lake pigments P Nabais, MJ Melo, JA Lopes, T Vitorino, A Neves, R Castro Heritage Science 6, 1-11, 2018 | 23 | 2018 |
| Singing with light: an interdisciplinary study on the medieval Ajuda Songbook P Nabais, R Castro, GV Lopes, LC de Sousa, MJ Melo Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies 8 (2), 283-312, 2016 | 20 | 2016 |
| In-depth phenolic characterization of iron gall inks by deconstructing representative Iberian recipes N Teixeira, P Nabais, V de Freitas, JA Lopes, MJ Melo Scientific Reports 11 (1), 8811, 2021 | 18 | 2021 |
| The book on how to make all the colour paints for illuminating books: unravelling a Portuguese Hebrew illuminators’ manual MJ Melo, R Castro, P Nabais, T Vitorino Heritage Science 6 (1), 1-8, 2018 | 18 | 2018 |
| The conservation of medieval manuscript illuminations: A chemical perspective MJ Melo, P Nabais, R Araújo, T Vitorino Physical Sciences Reviews 4 (8), 20180017, 2019 | 17 | 2019 |
| Between past and future: Advanced studies of ancient colours to safeguard cultural heritage and new sustainable applications MJ Melo, P Nabais, M Vieira, R Araújo, V Otero, J Lopes, L Martín Dyes and Pigments 208, 110815, 2023 | 16 | 2023 |
| Traditional yellow dyes used in the 21st century in Central Iran: The knowledge of master dyers revealed by HPLC-DAD and UHPLC-HRMS/MS S Sharif, P Nabais, MJ Melo, MC Oliveira Molecules 25 (4), 908, 2020 | 16 | 2020 |
| Silver paints in medieval manuscripts: a first molecular survey into their degradation R Araújo, P Nabais, I Pombo Cardoso, C Casanova, A Lemos, MJ Melo Heritage Science 6, 1-13, 2018 | 16 | 2018 |
| Iron-gall inks: a review of their degradation mechanisms and conservation treatments MJ Melo, V Otero, P Nabais, N Teixeira, F Pina, C Casanova, S Fragoso, ... Heritage Science 10 (1), 145, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
| Organic colorants based on lac dye and brazilwood as markers for a chronology and geography of medieval scriptoria: a chemometrics approach P Nabais, MJ Melo, JA Lopes, M Vieira, R Castro, A Romani Heritage Science 9, 1-18, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
| Organic red colorants in Islamic manuscripts (12th-15th c.) produced in al-Andalus, part 1 M Vieira, P Nabais, EM Angelin, R Araújo, JA Lopes, L Martín, M Sameño, ... Dyes and Pigments 166, 451-459, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |
| Photoreactivity and stability of flavonoid yellows used in cultural heritage S Sharif, P Nabais, MJ Melo, F Pina, MC Oliveira Dyes and Pigments 199, 110051, 2022 | 14 | 2022 |
| Yellow Lake Pigments from Weld in Art: Investigating the Winsor & Newton 19th Century Archive M Veneno, P Nabais, V Otero, A Clemente, MC Oliveira, MJ Melo Heritage 4 (1), 422-436, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
| Identification of the purple dye on the Vienna Genesis M Aceto, MJ Melo, E Calà, P Nabais, R Araújo The Vienna Genesis: Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique …, 2020 | 5 | 2020 |
| Microspectrofluorimetry and chemometrics for the identification of medieval lake pigments. Herit Sci. 2018; 6: 13 P Nabais, MJ Melo, JA Lopes, T Vitorino, A Neves, R Castro | 5 | |
| A first approach to the study of winsor & newton’s 19th-century manufacture of madder red lake pigments T Veiga, AJ Moro, P Nabais, M Vilarigues, V Otero Heritage 6 (4), 3606-3621, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
| The only surviving Medieval codex of Galician-Portuguese secular poetry: tracing history through luxury pink colors M Vieira, P Nabais, RJD Hidalgo, MJ Melo, F Pozzi Heritage Science 11 (1), 37, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
Maria J. MeloFull Professor, NOVA School of Sciences and Technology of NOVA University LisbonVerified email at fct.unl.pt
