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Poisonous books: analyses of four sixteenth and seventeenth century book bindings covered with arsenic rich green paint

Heritage science, 2019-11, Vol.7 (1), p.1-18, Article 91

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Title:
Poisonous books: analyses of four sixteenth and seventeenth century book bindings covered with arsenic rich green paint
Author: Delbey, Thomas ; Holck, Jakob Povl ; Jørgensen, Bjarke ; Alvis, Alexandra ; Smith, Vanessa Haight ; Kavich, Gwénaëlle M. ; Harmon, Kimberly A. ; Dorch, Bertil Fabricius ; Rasmussen, Kaare Lund
Subjects: Arsenic ; Arsenic trisulfide ; Book binding ; Bookbinding ; Cases (containers) ; Chemical analysis ; Chemistry and Materials Science ; Handling of hazardous material ; Indigo ; Inductively coupled plasma ; LA-ICP-MS ; Laser ablation ; Mass spectrometry ; Materials Science ; Optical microscopy ; Organic chemistry ; Personnel management ; Pigments ; Raman spectroscopy ; Rare books ; Recycled materials ; Research Article ; Toxicity ; X ray fluorescence
Is Part Of: Heritage science, 2019-11, Vol.7 (1), p.1-18, Article 91
Description: Efforts to read medieval manuscript waste recycled as bookbinding material in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have resulted in the chemical analysis of four books housed at the University Library of Southern Denmark and the Smithsonian Libraries in Washington DC. Four green coloured book bindings have been investigated by optical microscopy, micro X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The results show that the green pigments used to obscure the manuscript waste in all four cases contain orpiment (As 2 S 3 ) and indigo (C 16 H 11 N 2 O 2 ). Although the books were printed in diverse places in Europe—Basel, Bologna, and Lübeck—the styles of their bindings indicate that they were likely bound in the same region in the same period. It is further likely that they acquired their arsenic-rich paint as part of the bookbinding process. Issues concerning the toxicity, health issues for library staff, conservators and researchers handling the books are also addressed.
Publisher: Cham: Springer International Publishing
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 2050-7445
EISSN: 2050-7445
DOI: 10.1186/s40494-019-0334-2
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Poisonous books: analyses of four sixteenth and seventeenth century book bindings covered with arsenic rich green paint

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