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Publications and Links

Discover all of our publications and academic contributions related to our heritage restoration and preservation projects.

O. GUYOT, J. JAMES, Faux-appareil et grands blasons, in Hauterive and its lands. Hauterive Abbey, scheduled for November 2026.

G. DE ROUGEMONT, O. GUYOT, J. JAMES, M.-N. PLANTEVIN, A clever and sophisticated pictorial technique and Between artistic splendour and fragility: the state of conservation of the painted panels and their treatment, in La Maison Micheli, rue de l’Hôtel de Ville 3, SHAS, scheduled for August 2026

F. PIQUE, P. MORETTI, J. JAMES, O. GUYOT, Current challenges from 1970’s polymer-based conservation of Gino Severini’s wall paintings at Notre-Dame du Valentin in Lausanne (Switzerland), in Plastics as Binders: Analysis and Conservation Strategies, proceedings of the 17th Conservation Science Congress in Berlin/Brandenburg, March 14, 2025, Michael Imhof Verlag, 2025, pp. 157-167.

J. JAMES, P. MORETTI, F. PIQUE, Restoration and analysis of the paintings in the Little Council room, in Fribourg Cantonal Hotel. 1522-2022, Cultural Property Service, 2022, pp. 305-313.

J. JAMES, Clock Dials, in Fribourg Cantonal Hotel. 1522-2022, Cultural Heritage Service, 2022, p. 316.

K. QUEIJO, O. GUYOT & J. JAMES, Painted decorations and liturgical furnishings. Faux stonework, ornamental decorations and whitewash, in The collegiate village and the church of Valère in Sion. The Art and History Monuments of the Canton of Valais, SHAS, 2022, pp. 109-115

L. REGAZZONI, Journey into the Material of Wall Paintings, Ticinese Archaeological Association, 32nd edition, 2020, pp. 18-21.

L. REGAZZONI, Non-invasive characterization of condition, techniques and materials of the Renaissance wall painting by Bernardino Luini in Santa Maria degli Angeli, Lugano, Switzerland. Project presentation at the Mellon Symposia, The British Museum, London, 2019.

L. REGAZZONI, G. CAVALLO, D. BIONDELLI, J. GILARDI, (2018). Microscopic Analysis of Wall Painting Techniques: Laboratory Replicas and Romanesque Case Studies in Southern Switzerland. Studies in Conservation, 63(6), 326–341.

F. PIQUE, S. LUPPICHINI, G. ACUTO, G. ACQUISTAPACE, A. DE STEFANO, L. REGAZZONI (2017). Can paint stabilization be reversible? The case of the wall paintings in Chapel 11 at the UNESCO site of the Sacro Monte di Varallo. In ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Preprints, Copenhagen, 4–8 September 2017, ed. J. Bridgland, art. 1003. Paris: International Council of Museums.

O. GUYOT & J. JAMES, When the Cathedral was colorful, in Fribourg heritage, no. 21 2016.

F. PIQUE & J. JAMES, Learning to give clients what they don’t want. Conservation education and post-treatment monitoring and maintenance, in Preventive and Planned Conservation PPC, Proceedings of the Monza and Mantua conference, May 5-9, 2014

L. QUADRI, A. KÜNG, M. LANFRANCHI, V. FRIEDEN, Die Konservierung und Restaurierung der brandgeschädigten Kassettendecke im Zimmer des Herrn dans In The Villa Patumbah in Zurich: History and Restoration. Monographs on Historic Preservation, vol. 7 Zurich: Schwabe, 2014, pp. 262-267.

J. JAMES, Fresques en balade, in Cultural heritage in motion. Immovable, movable or displaced, NIKE, BAK & ICOMOS, Basel, 2013, pp. 102-107

B. ROUSSET, E.-J. FAVRE-BULLE & J. JAMES, La molasse du conservateur. Techniques de conservation-restauration appliquées sur les parements extérieurs de la cathédrale de Lausanne (2001-2009), Ethics of stone. Intervention strategies for Lausanne Cathedral, Proceedings of the multidisciplinary symposium held on June 14 and 15, 2012 in Lausanne, Monuments vaudois hors-série n° 1 2013

V. FRIEDEN, S. RADUJKOVIC, D. RÜTT, A. SCHULZ, From Babylon to Berlin: Conservation history and ongoing maintenance of the Ishtar Gate, the Processional Way and the Throne Room façade, Studies in Conservation, volume 57 (2012), p. S358; poster from the 2012 IIC Congress in Vienna.

C. SCHMUTZ NICOD, J. JAMES, “Belle Époque" interiors. The example of the painter-decorator Otto Haberer-Sinner (1866-1941), in Vaudois Monuments, 2, 2011

S. BARBERIO, V. BOISSONNAS, C. BRAZZOLA, J., JAMES, J., A. KÜNG, Caring for outdoor sculpture in Lugano, Switzerland: preventive conservation and long-term maintenance, in Thinking Prevention.  Artifacts, Uses, Environments, Proceedings of the Bressanone Study Conference, July 13-16, 2010, Venice, 2010, 253 – 262

J. JAMES, What does preventive conservation mean in the field of built heritage and monumental objects outside museums. From rhetoric to practice, in Preventive conservation. Practice in the field of built heritage, Proceedings of the conference, September 3 and 4, 2009, Fribourg, 2009, 7-14

S. BIANCHINI, G. CAVALLO, J. JAMES, C. RESPINI, The Wax Legacy: Approaches to the Treatment of Wax-Coated Wall Paintings in Tessin (Switzerland), in Restoration and Restorations.  Methods, Compatibility, Construction Sites, Proceedings of the Bressanone Study Conference June 24-27, 2008, Venice, 2008, 771 – 779

G. CAVALLO, J. JAMES, J. LUZZANA, A multi-analytical approach to wall painting conservation, proceedings of the international conference Conservation Science 2007, Milan, 2007

O. GUYOT & J. JAMES, The painted decorations of the Cloister and conservation-restoration of the stone and painted decorations 2002-2005, Fribourg heritage, Nov. 2007

B. ROUSSET, S. GENTILE & J. JAMES, Injection grouts for molasse sandstones: preliminary assessments, , Repair mortars forhistoric masonry, RILEM Technical Committee, Delft, January 2005

J. JAMES, The Conservation of Painted Decorations in the Church of Gruyères: Concerns, Discoveries, and Treatments,  Roman Catholic Parishes Newsletter, November 2004, pp. 23-29

C. HAGEN (BAERISWYL), The «Petits paradis», in Beyond the Visible: Reliquaries and Convent Works, MAHF, 2004, pp. 67-73

S. GENTILE & J. JAMES, Caregiver or healer?  Outlines.Technical Bulletin of Western Switzerland, no. 10, May 2004, pp. 18-20

M.-T. TORCHE-JULMY, M. MAGGETTI, J. JAMES, The church of Orsonnens, its decoration and its restoration, Fribourg heritage, November 2003, pp. 56-64

J. JAMES, A.-C. PAGE, Grand-Rue 68, Cultural Property Service of the Canton of Fribourg – Conservation sheet, August 2002

J. JAMES, New notes and key-notes: English wall painting conservation glimpsed from abroad , ICOM-CC Murals, Mosaics and Rock Art, Newsletter 2, August 2000

J. JAMES, S. TRUMPLER, W. WEYHE The conservation of the Rose window of the Lausanne Cathedral, in Corpus Vitrearum Newsletter, no. 47, post-prints of the conferences of the 3thInternational Symposium on the Conservation and Technology of Historic Stained Glass, Fribourg (Switzerland), June 24-27, 1999, Romont, June 2000.

S. GENTILE, J. JAMES, S. TRUMPLER, In-situ conservation The Rose Window of Lausanne Cathedral: History and Recent Conservation, s.d.l. Commission technique permanente de la cathédrale, Lausanne, 1999

S. GENTILE, J. JAMES, S. TRUMPLER, Restoration of the Rose stained glass windows, in Buildings Service Publication No. 59, Lausanne, April 1998

S. GENTILE, J. JAMES, S. TRUMPLER, Restoration of the medieval stained glass windows of the Rose.  Preparatory documentation, Canton of Vaud, Lausanne, May 1996

J. JAMES, The wall paintings of Horsham St Faith Priory: environmental causes of deterioration and their treatment, in Science, Technology and European Cultural Heritage, (eds. N.S. Baer, C. Sabbioni and A.I. Sors), extended abstracts, Poster Session H, Brussels-Luxembourg, 1991, pp. 920-924