TY - JOUR
T1 - Revealing the hidden preliminary version of Eça de Queiroz "the Illustrious House of Ramires" using X-ray micro-analysis
AU - Pessanha, S.
AU - Costa, M.
AU - Sampaio, J. M.
AU - Carvalho, M. L.
N1 - SFRH/BPD/94234/2013
PY - 2016/3/15
Y1 - 2016/3/15
N2 - An original manuscript of Eça de Queiroz (1845-1900) "The Illustrious House of Ramires", published in 1900, was analyzed using high resolution X-ray Fluorescence imaging. Several words and sentences were canceled, as corrections for later versions. In two cases, however, almost half a page was covered with a new sheet of paper (glued) and rewritten. Taking advantage of the penetration power of the characteristic X-rays of the chromium present in the ink with which the text was written, we were able to reconstruct the sentences that were edited by the author. The images created, combined with paleographic expertise, will enable the discovery of the preliminary version of this classic of Portuguese literature.
AB - An original manuscript of Eça de Queiroz (1845-1900) "The Illustrious House of Ramires", published in 1900, was analyzed using high resolution X-ray Fluorescence imaging. Several words and sentences were canceled, as corrections for later versions. In two cases, however, almost half a page was covered with a new sheet of paper (glued) and rewritten. Taking advantage of the penetration power of the characteristic X-rays of the chromium present in the ink with which the text was written, we were able to reconstruct the sentences that were edited by the author. The images created, combined with paleographic expertise, will enable the discovery of the preliminary version of this classic of Portuguese literature.
KW - Chromium-based ink
KW - Hidden writings
KW - XRF imaging
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84960251648&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.10.046
DO - 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.10.046
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84960251648
SN - 0168-583X
VL - 371
SP - 396
EP - 400
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
T2 - 22nd International Conference on Ion Beam Analysis (IBA)
Y2 - 14 June 2015 through 19 June 2015
ER -