Partial digital reconstruction of a piece of pottery based on two fragments. The piece displays blue and white decoration with floral, human, and architectural motifs. It has a potter’s mark on the base, however, as it is only partially visible, definitive identification is impossible. Elements from the cemetery of the Third Order of Our Lady of Carmo (Porto, Portugal, 19th century), excavated in 2006.
Credits: Scanned and modelled by Joana Antunes Anjo and Carlos Eduardo Moreira with several cameras via photogrammetry in Agisoft Metashape Professional Educational Edition and assembled in Blender.
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Fragment of a mortar shell, with detail of the loading ring. Found at the cemetery of the Third Order of Our Lady of Carmo (Porto, Portugal, 19th century), excavated in 2006.
Credits: Scanned and modelled Carlos Eduardo Moreira and Katerina Ivanova Stamova with an Iphone 13 PRO via photogrammetry in Agisoft Metashape Professional Educational Edition.
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This fragmented tombstone once marked the grave of a woman who passed away between the ages of 52 and 72 (May 7, 1785 – March 24, 1837 or 1857). While her name has been blurred to protect privacy and honor ethical standards, the remaining epitaph is preserved for historical interpretation. Crafted in a Gothic Revival style using black shale with gilded lettering, the monument originally featured a cross at its apex and a winged hourglass clutching a scythe below. This memento mori is complemented by a closing funerary poem, “*Voando à mansão celeste / Deixaste ao mundo a saudade / Morre na terra a virtude / (…) viver na eternidade*.
Each fragment was scanned independently either via photogrammetry or structured light scanning and then joined and color corrected to account for differences in scanning method and ambient. Due to their frailty, some elements such as the cross and castle-like appendages were deemed too delicate for scanning at this point and left for future work.
Credits: Scanned and modelled by Ana Beatriz Simões, Carlos Eduardo Moreira, Giulia Granozio, Iris Ferreira, Joana Ribeiro and Katerina Ivanova Stamova. The team used an iPhone 13 PRO and a Nikon D70s / 18-200 mm lens for photogrammetry in Agisoft Metashape Professional Educational Edition and the structured light fragments were scanned with a Seal 3D scanner and the accompanying JMStudio software. The fragments were then assembled in Blender and color corrected in Adobe Photoshop.
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Small wooden cross (c. 7cm) found as a grave good. The cross would have been part of a rosary composed of 63 faceted jet beads, which would be lined in groups separated by a number of oblong wooden beads. These beads, especially the jet ones, have been proving hard to scan and thus to reconstruct the whole rosary.
Credits: Scanned and modelled by Giulia Granozio in Agisoft Metashape Professional Educational Edition.
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Bronze padlock found as a grave good. An open ring would be inserted in the ears with the mechanism in open position and then locked by turning the key. This style of padlock was common until being superseded by Yale’s cartridge models, first patented in 1877.
Credits: Scanned and modelled by Giulia Granozio in Agisoft Metashape Professional Educational Edition.
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0