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Characterization of illuminated manuscripts by laboratory-made portable XRD and micro-XRD systems
A Duran1, J L Perez-Rodriguez, T Espejo
1Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France, CNRS-C2RMF UMR 171, 14 quai François Mitterrand, Palais du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France. adrian.duran@culture.gouv.fr
Abstract:
Illuminated Arabic manuscripts have been studied, employing two laboratory-made X-ray diffraction (XRD) systems developed recently in the C2RMF laboratory. The validity of the micro-XRD and XRD portable systems for the study of this type of artworks has been demonstrated. A common observation in all the analyses is the presence of calcite and rutile; also, hematite, goethite, cinnabar, brass, anatase and barite were detected in the various colours. Differences between the results obtained by both techniques due to acquisition mode are discussed. In addition, other techniques such as X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and micro-Raman were used for the complete characterization of the manuscripts.
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