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X‐RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS WITH SYNCHROTRON RADIATION ON THE INKS AND PAPERS OF INCUNABULA
Author(s) -
MOMMSEN H.,
BEIER TH.,
DITTMANN H.,
HEIMERMANN D.,
HEIN A.,
ROSENBERG A.,
BOGHARDT M.,
HANEBUTTBENZ E.M.,
HALBEY H.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1996.tb00782.x
Subject(s) - x ray fluorescence , inkwell , synchrotron radiation , fluorescence , synchrotron , materials science , elemental analysis , x ray , mineralogy , analytical chemistry (journal) , optics , chemistry , physics , composite material , chromatography , organic chemistry
Non‐destructive X‐ray fluorescence analyses induced by white synchrotron radiation (SYXRF) have been performed on a page of the Gutenberg Bible and 21 other different single leaves printed in the years 1470 to 1500. Absolute elemental areal densities for the papers and the inks are reported. The known high Cu and Pb content in Gutenberg's ink is confirmed. The elemental compositions of the other inks, if measurable by XRF at all, are in general very low, governed only by a few additional elements and found to be not distinctive for a known printer. This will render an identification of the printer or printing offices by ink composition analysis in the period after 1470 difficult.