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Microscopic observations of paper and parchment: the archaeology of small objects

Heritage science, 2019-07, Vol.7 (1), p.1-12, Article 47

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  • Title:
    Microscopic observations of paper and parchment: the archaeology of small objects
  • Author: Bicchieri, Marina ; Biocca, Paola ; Colaizzi, Piero ; Pinzari, Flavia
  • Subjects: 5th International Congress on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage ; Archaeology ; Cellulose fibers ; Chemistry and Materials Science ; Diagnostic systems ; Dirt ; Electron microscopes ; Fourier transforms ; Inks ; Manufacture ; Materials Science ; Organic chemistry ; Parchment ; Phytoliths ; Raman ; Research Article ; SEM–EDS
  • Is Part Of: Heritage science, 2019-07, Vol.7 (1), p.1-12, Article 47
  • Description: The study of micro-objects, both inorganic and organic, which can be found associated to parchment or cellulose fibres of books and documents, or in the inks and the dirt, accumulated over the centuries between the pages, can unravel important information on the manufacture of the ancient documents, on their past vicissitudes or on the causes of aging and deterioration of the materials they contain. The results of a critical observation of micrometric objects and structures with a diagnostic or archaeological significance have in some cases been surprising. Apart from the curiosity that certain findings may or may not raise, what needs to be discussed is the fact that some chemical components, usually attributed to the manufacture of materials or the inks may instead have a particular origin and nature, and therefore lead, if not properly highlighted, to some erroneous diagnostics. Examples are given where the information obtained by means of scanning electron microscope imaging and Raman microscopy were coupled with dispersive X-ray microanalysis and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy.
  • Publisher: Cham: Springer International Publishing
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2050-7445
    EISSN: 2050-7445
    DOI: 10.1186/s40494-019-0291-9
  • Source: Springer Open Access Journals
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