Aceto

Arvin

Bersani

Best

Bousmanne

Bruni

Burgio

Clark

Deneckere

Derolez

Dhamelincourt

Downs

Edwards

Guineau

Gulotta

Jurado-López

Košařová

Lauwers

Le Loup

Lyna

McCreery

Merrifield

Pessanha

Ross

Thompson

Trentelman

Vandenabeele

Vítek

Wehling

Wigelsworth

Willard

English

Lauwers, Debbie

Cattersel, V

Vandamme, L

Van Eester, A

De Langhe, Kaatje

Moens, Luc

Vandenabeele, Peter

Ghent University Academic Bibliography

Pigment identification of an illuminated mediaeval manuscript De Civitate Dei by means of a portable Raman equipment

Abstract: Direct identification of pigments in mediaeval illuminated manuscripts was one of the first applications of Raman spectroscopy in art and archaeology. In previous in situ analysis of handwritings, the equipment was typically provided with a single excitation source. In this work, a portable Raman spectrometer (EZRAMAN-I-DUAL Raman system) is introduced to characterise the pigments used in an important illuminated mediaeval manuscript, De Civitate Dei (Library in Bruges, Ms.106). Characteristics important for these in situ measurements were discussed. We introduce a set-up that allows stable positioning of the equipment and point out the advantage of the availability of two lasers, which are part of the instrument. Good performance of the introduced Raman spectrometer, to allow pigment identification in a short time, is proved. Finally, pigments such as lead white (2PbCO3\u2009\ub7\u2009Pb(OH)2), leadtin yellow type I (Pb2SnO4), malachite (Cu2CO3(OH)2), mosaic gold (SnS2), vermillion (HgS), carbon black (C), red lead (Pb3O4) and azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2) could be identified. These pigments were often used in mediaeval artworks and contribute to the enrichment of information of the materials used by the illuminator. Keywords: portable Raman spectroscopy;illuminated manuscript;pigments;archaeometr

Cattersel, Vincent

Vandamme, Ludo

Van Eester, Annabel

De Langhe, Kaat

Institutional Repository Universiteit Antwerpen

Debbie Lauwers

Vincent Cattersel

Ludo Vandamme

Annabel Van Eester

Kaat De Langhe

Luc Moens

Peter Vandenabeele

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Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

Pigment identification of an illuminated mediaeval manuscript <i>De Civitate Dei</i>
 by means of a portable Raman equipment

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Pigment identification of an illuminated mediaeval manuscript De Civitate Dei by means of a portable Raman equipment

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