MOLAB® meets Persia: Non-invasive study of a sixteenth-century illuminated manuscript

Chiara Anselmi; Paola Ricciardi; David Buti; Aldo Romani; Patrizia Moretti; Kristine Rose Beers; Bruno Giovanni Brunetti; Costanza Miliani; Antonio Sgamellotti

doi:10.1179/0039363015Z.000000000223

MOLAB® meets Persia: Non-invasive study of a sixteenth-century illuminated manuscript

Chiara Anselmi
, Paola Ricciardi
, David Buti
, Aldo Romani
, Patrizia Moretti
, Kristine Rose Beers
, Bruno Giovanni Brunetti
, Costanza Miliani
, Antonio Sgamellotti

Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books, the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland
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

Using the MOLAB® non-invasive analytical mobile laboratory, we studied a finely illuminated sixteenthcentury Persian manuscript at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK, in collaboration with its Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books. Three miniatures belonging to the manuscript, but ascribable to different periods, were analyzed in order to identify similarities and differences in the painting materials and techniques used by Safavid artists over a period of 150 years. The use of multiple analytical techniques indicated a common palette characterizing the three decorative schemes, along with some differences mainly regarding the pigment mixture used to obtain brown hues in the first scheme, as
well as the presence of different mixtures in green and dark purple areas in the third scheme.

Original language	English
Journal	Studies in Conservation
Volume	60
Issue number	Supplement 1
Pages (from-to)	185-192
Number of pages	8
ISSN	0039-3630
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/0039363015Z.000000000223
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

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