Use of standard analytical tools to detect small amounts of smalt in the presence of ultramarine as observed in 15th-century Venetian illuminated manuscripts
Abstract A previous preliminary study of 15th-century Venetian manuscript fragments by the Master of the Murano Gradual identified the presence of cobalt in many ultramarine blue areas, suggesting the presence of smalt. This would represent an early use of this glassy pigment in Venetian illuminated...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Heritage Science |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-022-00671-z |