Page - 148 - in The Vienna Genesis - Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment

148 The silver inks of the Vienna Genesis Sample T17, cross-section of ink and parchment, from folio 22, page 43: Copper and gold could not be detected in the silver ink area, neither in position 2 (see EDX spectrum in figure 27) nor in other positions (not shown in figure 27) in the silver ink. However, a small amount of copper was detected in the parchment (0.49 wt%, see figure 28). Sample T6a, ink from folio 5, page 9: As with sample T17 no copper could be detected in the silver ink layer, but a small amount Fig. 28: EDX spectrum of cross section from sample T17 (folio 22), position 1 in fig. 26. Fig. 29: BSE image, at 1,200x magnification, of cross section from sample T6a (folio 5, page 9). Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0