New insights into iron-gall inks through the use of historically accurate reconstructions

New insights into iron-gall inks through the use of historically accurate reconstructions

Abstract Iron-gall inks have been described as complexes of iron ions with gallic or tannic acids, available in gall extracts. To assess this working hypothesis, we have prepared medieval inks using ingredients and methods appropriate to the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. The five historical in...

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Main Authors: Rafael Javier Díaz Hidalgo, Ricardo Córdoba, Paula Nabais, Valéria Silva, Maria J. Melo, Fernando Pina, Natércia Teixeira, Victor Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-11-01
Series:Heritage Science
Subjects:
Iron-gall inks
Iberian written sources
Polygalloyl esters of glucose
Gallotannins
Reconstructions
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40494-018-0228-8

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