XRF (Elio: 40kV, 80 µA, spot measurements of 90s each) and  reflectography (DinoLite: x50 magnification, vis, NIR and UV light) analysis of inks from Vatican Library Ms Vat. Gr. 244.

The Organon manuscript Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Gr. 244 is a paper written by anonymous scribe in the 12th century. The scribe conceived the manuscript as his study manuscript. Together with the core content he wrote a dense paracontent. Over time, he enlarged that first block of paracontent by adding further exegetical notes.

Vat.gr.244_protocol.pdf - protocol
Report_VatGr244.docx - detailed report
VatGr244_reflectography.zip - complete reflectography dataset
VatGr244_XRF.zip - complete XRF dataset

The research for projects RFD07 and RFK02 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.