Further insight into the Mesoamerican paint technology: unveiling the colour palette of pre-Columbian Codex Fejérváry-Mayer by means of non-invasive analysis

David Buti; Davide Domenici; Chiara Grazia; Joanna Ostapkowicz; Siobhan Watts; Aldo Romani; Federica Presciutti; Brunetto Giovanni Brunetti; Antonio Sgamellotti; Costanza Miliani

doi:10.1111/arcm.12341

Further insight into the Mesoamerican paint technology: unveiling the colour palette of pre-Columbian Codex Fejérváry-Mayer by means of non-invasive analysis

David Buti, Davide Domenici, Chiara Grazia, Joanna Ostapkowicz, Siobhan Watts, Aldo Romani, Federica Presciutti, Brunetto Giovanni Brunetti, Antonio Sgamellotti, Costanza Miliani

Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, Università di Bologna
National Museums Liverpool, World Museum
Centro di Eccellenza SMAArt (Scientific Methodologies Applied to Archaeology and Art), Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di sotto, 8, IT-06123 Perugia, Italy
CNR-ISTM, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, Perugia (IT)

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Abstract

Here, we report on the analytical findings and their cultural implications of a multidisciplinary study of the pre‐Columbian Codex Fejérváry‐Mayer. Today conserved at the World Museum in Liverpool, it is one of the finest Mesoamerican codices among the few extant. Thanks to the exploitation of non‐invasive analytical methodologies accessible through the MOLAB European mobile facility, the study allowed us to disclose the chemical composition of the painting materials used in the codex, which have never been analysed before. The results are discussed and compared with the outcomes of previous studies on other Mesoamerican codices.

Original language	English
Journal	Archaeometry
Issue number	2018
Number of pages	18
ISSN	0003-813X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12341 https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12341
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Buti, D., Domenici, D., Grazia, C., Ostapkowicz, J., Watts, S., Romani, A., Presciutti, F., Brunetti, B. G., Sgamellotti, A., & Miliani, C. (2018). Further insight into the Mesoamerican paint technology: unveiling the colour palette of pre-Columbian Codex Fejérváry-Mayer by means of non-invasive analysis. Archaeometry, (2018). https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12341, https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12341

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