Raman microscopy and x-ray fluorescence analysis of pigments on medieval and Renaissance Italian manuscript cuttings

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 5726-5731

  Burgio, Lucia ^a,b   Clark, Robin J H ^b   Hark, Richard R ^c  

^a VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azurite; Goethite mixtures, Victoria and Albert Museum; Hematite; Iron gall ink; Italian miniatures

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBON; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; IRON; MERCURY SULFIDE; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; INFORMATION CENTER; ITALY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGES; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77950527961     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914797107     Document Type: Article

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