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Manuscript Illumination

Manuscript Illumination is a form of pictorial and ornamental decoration of manuscripts that characteristically applies gold, silver, and richly colored pigments to letters, borders, and images, especially in medieval books, so as to make the written page visually radiant.

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Characterisation of colourants on illuminated manuscripts by portable fibre optic UV-visible-NIR reflectance spectrophotometry

Maurizio Aceto, Angelo Agostino, Gaia Fenoglio et al. · Analytical Methods · 2014 · 339 citations

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A History of Illuminated Manuscripts

Vic Gray, Christopher Hamel · Leonardo · 1987 · 278 citations

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Use of imaging spectroscopy, fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy, and X-ray fluorescence to map and identify pigments in illuminated manuscripts

John K. Delaney, Paola Ricciardi, Lisha Glinsman et al. · Studies in Conservation · 2014 · 158 citations · Full text

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Time sanctified: the Book of Hours in medieval art and life

Choice Reviews Online · 1988 · 126 citations

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Identification by Raman microscopy and visible reflectance spectroscopy of pigments on an Icelandic manuscript

Stephen P. Best, Robin J.R. Clark, Marcus A. M. Daniels et al. · Studies in Conservation · 1995 · 119 citations

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Authors

340

  1. PR
    Paola Ricciardi

    National Gallery of Art, United States

    12 publications · 1K citations

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  2. RJ
    Robin J. H. Clark

    University College London, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 390 citations

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  3. MJ
    Maria João Melo

    Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

    8 publications · 283 citations

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  4. JK
    John K. Delaney

    National Gallery of Art, United States

    6 publications · 683 citations

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  5. MA
    Maurizio Aceto

    Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”, Italy

    6 publications · 492 citations

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1–5 of 340

Institutions

127

  1. Universidade Nova de Lisboa

    Lisbon, Portugal

    8 h-index

    33 publications

    1K citations

  2. Rede de Química e Tecnologia

    Porto, Portugal

    7 h-index

    23 publications

    743 citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    772 citations

  4. Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”

    Vercelli, Italy

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    874 citations

  5. University of Turin

    Turin, Italy

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. National Gallery of Art

    Washington D.C., United States

    6 h-index

    25 publications

    2.2K citations

  7. Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    738 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    276 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

    JRS · 15 publications · 707 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 15 publications · 659 citations

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  3. Studies in Conservation

    8 publications · 441 citations

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  4. The Art Bulletin

    7 publications · 160 citations

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  5. Heritage Science

    7 publications · 254 citations

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