XRF (Elio: 40kV, 100 µA, spot measurements of 120s each) and reflectography (DinoLite: x50 magnification for spots on ink and pigment, x200 magnification for spots on parchment support, vis, NIR and UV light) analysis of inks and pigments from Ms B10.05 (8th century CE) from Cambridge Wren Library (United Kingdom).
Analysis of 42 folios (54 spots on inks and pigments + 42 spots on parchment)
Wren_MSB1005_XRFresults.xlsx - complete XRF results
WrenLibrary_MSB1005.pptx - protocol and results
WrenLibrary_MSB10.05_Reflectography.zip - complete Reflectography Dataset
WrenLibrary_MSB10.05_XRF.zip - complete XRF Dataset
The research for this project was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) within the Sonderforschungsbereich 950 (SFB 950). The research was conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg in collaboration with the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM).