This chapter provides an overview of some of the materials used to write and decorate
different types of manuscripts, ie inks, pigments and dyes, and of the different scientific …

This study focused on the non-destructive characterization of potentially hazardous Victorian-
era books found in the Northwestern University Libraries. XRF, Raman and FTIR were used …

Analysis of nineteenth-century, cloth-case publishers' bindings at Winterthur Library
revealed starch-coated bookcloth colored with the toxic pigment “emerald green”(copper …

A hemispherical stone has been discovered in a 19th century ruined barn at the village of
Lacapelle Livron (Tarn and Garonne, France). Its morphology and its mirror polished flat …

Purpose This study aims to evaluate the state of preservation of one of the most famous
manuscripts dated back to the 15th century using some analytical techniques to identify the …

Paper bookbindings have been disregarded for centuries by scholars since they were only
considered temporary covering materials for manuscripts and books. Recently, there is a …

The handling of cultural heritage objects has become a highly debated topic in the last
decade. The work and outcomes described in this paper are aimed to provide objective data …

Während die Problematik schadstoffbelasteter Kulturgüter im musealen Bereich bereits seit
Längerem bekannt ist, setzt sich erst seit Kurzem die Erkenntnis im Bibliothekswesen durch …

ABSTRACT The National Archives UK has previously carried out invasive sampling and
analysis on records in its collections which were found to contain various organochlorine …

The identification of pigments in ancient historiated manuscripts and paintings and their
degradation products was the first application of Raman spectroscopy to cultural heritage …