Seite - 222 - in The Vienna Genesis - Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment

222 The miniatures of the Vienna Genesis: colour identification and painters’ palettes Palette of Painter B: folios 9–10, pages 17–20 Painter B illustrated the conflict of Jacob and Laban (Gen. 30, 30 to 31, 34). Buberl, Mazal and Zimmermann judge painter B different in style to painter A. The palette of both art- ists is similar (Table 2). Painter B mixed ultramarine blue with lead white and in shades with indigo. XRF and FORS results confirm ultramarine blue. The artist used orpiment for decorations on blue layers like on folio 10, page 20 on the blue tunic of Jacob. Green areas were painted with a mixture of indigo and orpiment. Painter B used mix- Fig. 23: Miniature on folio 9, page 17. Fig. 24: Detail of the tree on folio 9, page 17. Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0