Technical examination of a fifteenth-century German illuminated manuscript on paper: A case study in the identification of materials

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-108

  Scott, David A ^a   Khandekar, Narayan ^a   Schilling, Michael R ^a   Turner, Nancy ^a   Taniguchi, Yoko ^a   Khanjian, Herant ^a  

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EID: 0037557865     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1506840     Document Type: Article

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