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212 The miniatures of the Vienna Genesis: colour identification and painters’ palettes
darkening of red lead like on folio 5, page 10 (Fig. 9). The darkening of red lead is an oxi-
dation process, which can be caused by high levels of sulphur in the environment or by
the transformation of Pb3O4 to black PbO2. On some occasions painter A used a mixture
Fig. 4: XRF spectrum of a green area (MP8_5) on folio 8, page 15. For comparison a spectrum of blank
parchment of folio 6 (MP6_5) shows the background signal detected.
Fig. 5: FORS spectra of green pigments and mixtures: indigo/orpiment, azurite/orpiment, malachite
and green earth.
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The Vienna Genesis
Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment
- Title
- The Vienna Genesis
- Subtitle
- Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment
- Editor
- Christa Hofmann
- Publisher
- Böhlau Verlag
- Location
- Wien
- Date
- 2020
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-205-21058-0
- Size
- 17.3 x 24.5 cm
- Pages
- 348