Heritage materials are highly complex systems of unknown and intrinsically heterogeneous
compositions and unmonitored long-term modifications. In this microreview, we describe our …

Illuminated manuscripts are the most abundant and well-preserved surviving medieval
cultural artefacts. Created to contain sacred texts, their visual structure allows the reader to …

In the ancient Mediterranean civilizations, a wide range of natural colors already was
available from diverse sources, for example, plant roots, insects, or sea snails. The …

This work presents the first proof of concept for the use of molecular fluorescence signatures
in medieval colours based on lac dye and brazilwood lake pigments. These two important …

The molecular structure of the medieval watercolor known as folium has finally been solved
in the 21st century. The interdisciplinary approach taken was the key to producing extracts …

Abstract The Ajuda Songbook is an exceptional illuminated manuscript being the only
surviving codex of Galician-Portuguese secular poetry; it was produced in the end of the …

This pioneering work studied the medieval color palette of four manuscripts produced in the
scriptorium of Alfonso X, king of the Crown of Castile (r. 1252-84), including the Songs of …

The conservation of Islamic manuscripts in the Fondo Ka'ti created the opportunity to study
the organic red colourants applied in five manuscripts, which include a Koran (1198), a …

As brought to light by the increasing number and variety of research papers reporting the
results of scientific analyses of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, the role of analytical …

This work examines the interdisciplinary methodology currently used to study medieval
technical manuscripts and recipe books from the Iberian Peninsula. The methodology is …