Manuscript Illumination in 19th-century Italy. Material Analysis of Two Partial Copies from the Squarcialupi Codex
| Autor: | Andreas Janke, Sebastian Bosch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Material analysis
media_common.quotation_subject 010401 analytical chemistry Art history ink and pigment identification 02 engineering and technology Art Library and Information Sciences 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Bibliography. Library science. Information resources 0104 chemical sciences Infrared reflectography artefact profiling infrared reflectography 0210 nano-technology xrf spectroscopy visible reflectance spectroscopy media_common |
| Zdroj: | Open Information Science, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 63-88 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2451-1781 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/opis-2021-0006 |
| Popis: | The illuminations in two Italian manuscripts are still a mystery today. Both manuscripts were based fully or partly on the Florentine Squarcialupi Codex (Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Med. Pal. 87) dating from around 1410/15. With the help of a multi-analytical, non-destructive approach employing mobile instrumentation (XRF spectroscopy, visible reflectance spectroscopy and infrared reflectography), we examined the manuscripts Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 09700 and Düsseldorf, Kunstpalast, Inv. K 1925-67 for the first time with regard to their production processes. The identification of modern pigments allows them to be contextualized in illumination practices of the 19th century. Manuals of that time provide a wealth of information on specific illumination practices and the availability of writing and painting materials, which correlates with the actual artefacts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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