Medieval manuscripts microscopy

For wider discussions of inorganic pigments, see R.J.H. Clark (1995) Chemical Society Reviews, vol. 24, p. 187 - Raman microscopy Application to the identification of pigments on medieval manuscripts R.J.H. Clark and P.J. Gibbs (1997) Chemical Communications, p. 1003 - Identification of leadfll) sulfide and pararealgar on a 13 th century manuscript by Raman microscopy . 

Figure 9 Raman spectra of the historiated letter T from the Book of Genesis, Lucka Bible, from which the data and identification of the mineral pigments in Table 9 have been derived. Reproduced with permission of Clark RJH, Raman microscopy application to the identification of pigments on medieval manuscripts. Chemical Reviews, 187-196 1995, The Royal Society of Chemistry.

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