Seite - 147 - in The Vienna Genesis - Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment

Rabitsch, Malissa, Hradil, Erlach, Uhlir, Griesser, Hofmann 147 Pos Ag Cu Au Pos Ag Cu Au Pos Ag Cu Au T5 4 100.00 T6 a 13 100.00 T11 11 98.46 1.54 T5 5 98.85 1.15 T6 a 14 100.00 T11 12 100.00 T5 6 97.06 1.66 1.27 T6 a 15 100.00 T11 13 100.00 T5 7 100.00 T6 b 1 100.0 T11 14 100.00 T5 8 100.00 T6 b 2 97.47 0.83 1.70 T11 15 100.00 To check for any differences in composition between the surface layer and the inner lay- ers of the silver ink areas, cross sections were produced of samples T17 (Fig. 26) and T6 a (Fig. 29) from the Vienna Genesis and of samples P1 (Fig. 31) and P3 from the reference silver ink ST1. The polished cross sections were covered with a conductive layer of carbon prior to examination by SEM. Fig. 26: BSE image, at 500x magnification, of cross section from sample T17 (folio 22, page 43). Fig. 27: EDX spectrum of cross section from sample T17 (folio 22), position 2 in fig. 26. Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0