TY - JOUR
T1 - Spectroscopic characterization of a masterpiece: The Manueline foral charter of Sintra
AU - Manso, Marta
AU - Gac, Agnès Le
AU - Longelin, Stéphane
AU - Pessanha, Sofia
AU - Frade, José Carlos
AU - Guerra, Mauro
AU - Candeias, António José
AU - Carvalho, Maria Luísa
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology The awakening of the Manuelin foral charters: science and technology insights into the masterpiece SPTDC/EAT-EAT/112662/2009 and Desenvolvimento de padrões em papel para a análise quantitativa de documentos históricos (SFRH/BPD/70031/2010).
PY - 2013/3/15
Y1 - 2013/3/15
N2 - The foral charter attributed by D. Manuel I of Portugal, in 1514, to the village of Sintra was studied using Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence spectrometry, Raman and Infrared micro-spectroscopies. A complete characterization of the pictorial materials used in the production of this masterpiece allowed the identification of iron gall inks used in the written text; pigments such as malachite, azurite, lead white, cinnabar, yellow ochre, gold, silver and carbon black in the illuminations and letterings; filler and binder used in the production of coloring materials and inks. Gum and calcium carbonate were the most recurrent binder and filler identified in this study. Silvering and gilding were mostly obtained by applying ground silver and gold on parchment.
AB - The foral charter attributed by D. Manuel I of Portugal, in 1514, to the village of Sintra was studied using Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence spectrometry, Raman and Infrared micro-spectroscopies. A complete characterization of the pictorial materials used in the production of this masterpiece allowed the identification of iron gall inks used in the written text; pigments such as malachite, azurite, lead white, cinnabar, yellow ochre, gold, silver and carbon black in the illuminations and letterings; filler and binder used in the production of coloring materials and inks. Gum and calcium carbonate were the most recurrent binder and filler identified in this study. Silvering and gilding were mostly obtained by applying ground silver and gold on parchment.
KW - μ-FTIR
KW - μ-Raman
KW - EDXRF
KW - Illuminated manuscript
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U2 - 10.1016/j.saa.2012.11.110
DO - 10.1016/j.saa.2012.11.110
M3 - Article
C2 - 23318772
AN - SCOPUS:84872142371
SN - 1386-1425
VL - 105
SP - 288
EP - 296
JO - Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
JF - Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
ER -