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The use of computed tomography and X-ray fluorescence analysis in the research of printed book from the seventeenth century: book binding, tomographic reading of the text, dendrochronological dating, pigments analysis

Heritage science, 2024-12, Vol.12 (1), p.87-13

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  • Title:
    The use of computed tomography and X-ray fluorescence analysis in the research of printed book from the seventeenth century: book binding, tomographic reading of the text, dendrochronological dating, pigments analysis
  • Author: Vavřík, Daniel ; Kazanskii, Andrei ; Neoralová, Jitka ; Kindlerová, Rita Lyons ; Novotná, Dana ; Vávrová, Petra ; Kumpová, Ivana ; Vopálenský, Michal ; Kyncl, Tomáš
  • Subjects: 17th century ; Binding ; Book binding ; Chemistry and Materials Science ; Computed tomography ; Dendrochronological book dating ; Fragments ; Materials Science ; Pigments ; Stitching ; Texts ; Tomographic text reading ; Tomography ; X ray fluorescence analysis ; X-ray fluorescence analysis of paper and ink ; X-ray computed tomography
  • Is Part Of: Heritage science, 2024-12, Vol.12 (1), p.87-13
  • Description: This paper presents the use of X-ray computed tomography and X-ray fluorescence in the analysis and expert research of the seventeenth century printed book "Eukhologīon albo Molitoslov, ili Trebnik" from Kiev. The main purpose of the survey was to confirm whether the book binding is original or whether it is a rebinding, and whether there are any fragments of the hidden older texts. Commonly used radiography is usually not able to provide sufficient information for these purposes. On the other hand, computed tomography allows a detailed and three-dimensional documentation of the bookbinding technology and the structure of the materials used, including the wooden boards. It will be presented that all elements of the weave are clearly visible, making it possible to show that there are no internal defects in the stitching and materials. It has also been convincingly shown that there are no fragments or layers of older texts in the binding, so no further invasive intervention will be necessary regarding this aspect. The paper also demonstrates the possibility of reading the text in a closed book utilising X-ray computed tomography data; this option may be advantageous for massively damaged manuscripts. It will also be shown, that thanks to detailed tomographic imaging of the wood structure of the boards, a dendrochronological survey can be successfully carried out without invasive intervention into their outer layers. From the CT data it was also found that the pigments of the letters have significantly different densities. Therefore, as part of the survey, elemental analysis of the writing was also carried out using a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to confirm and clarify this finding.
  • Publisher: Cham: Springer International Publishing
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: EISSN: 2050-7445
    DOI: 10.1186/s40494-024-01202-8
  • Source: Springer OA刊
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