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X-Ray Fluorescence and Reflectography Data from Dublin, Chester Beatty Library Coptic manuscripts Mss Cpt. 813, 814 and 815

Bonnerot, Olivier

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Bonnerot, Olivier
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Rose-Beers, Kristine; Poirier, Julia

XRF (Elio: 40kV, 80 µA, spot measurements of 120s each) and  reflectography (DinoLite: x50 magnification, vis, NIR and UV light) analysis of inks and pigments (for Cpt823) from Coptic manuscritps  Mss. Cpt. 813 (6th century CE, Apa Jeremiah), 814 (7th century CE, Apa Jeremiah) and 815 (8th century CE, Apa Jeremiah). This is a complementary, more detailed analysis of these 3 codices for which 1-2 pages had been already investigated in 2019.

  1. CBL814_reflectography.zip - complete reflectography dataset for Ms Cpt 814
  2. CBL814_XRF.zip - complete XRF dataset for Ms Cpt 814
  3. CBL815_reflectography.zip - complete reflectography dataset for Ms Cpt 815
  4. CBL815_XRF.zip - complete XRF dataset for Ms Cpt 815
  5. CBL_Cpt813_report.docx - detailed report on Ms Cpt 813
  6. CBL_Cpt814_report.docx - detailed report on Ms Cpt 814
  7. CBL_Cpt815_report.docx - detailed report on Ms Cpt 815
  8. CBL813_reflectography.zip - complete reflectography dataset for Ms Cpt 813
  9. CBL813_XRF.zip - complete XRF dataset for Ms Cpt 813

The research for project RFA13 was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research was conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg. in collaboration with the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM).
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