This dataset presents the μ-XRF results of a hand-coloured atlas copy of the fourth volume of Civitates Orbis Terrarum (1588) from the Library of State Archive Hamburg.

According the to CSMC´s standardised system for the labelling of analytical data, all measurements are listed in an electronic lab notebook: 01_W-120-804_ELN.xlsx The measurement areas and spots are documented in a protocol: 02_W-120-804_Protocol.pdf

The raw and evaluated μ-XRF data can be found in the folder: 03_W-120-804_CRONO.zip The results are summarized in: 04_W-120-804_XRF-Summary.pdf

The condition report (in German) is enclosed: 05_W-120-804_ConditionReport.pdf

The research was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research was conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg. We acknowledge the State Archive Hamburg and the course "Conservation and Restoration of Artworks on Paper, Archive and Library Materials" at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart.