X-Ray Fluorescence and Reflectography Data from Hamburg, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Cod. Philol. 88

XRF (Bruker M6 JetStream: 50kV, 600 µA, maps with 50 µm step and 100 ms per pixel) and  reflectography (DinoLite AD4113T-I2V: x40 magnification, transmissive, visible, ultraviolet ~395 nm and Near Infrared  ~940 nm light) analysis of inks from Cod. Philol. 88 from the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky. 

Cod. Philol. 88 (State and University Library of Hamburg) is a multilayered Greek paper manuscript from the late 13^th century, most likely produced in Constantinople. It constitutes the second part of Barb. gr. 164 (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana). Besides the main scribe, Alexios, several additional hands annotated the manuscript during the 15^th century. Through the application of UV-VIS-NIR reflectography and μ-XRF imaging, we identified eight distinct iron-gall inks and vermilion as the red colorant. The results of this investigation are published in K. Grigoriadou, O. Bonnerot, C. Colini, "Investigating the Inks of Cod. Philol. 88 (State and University Library Hamburg) through UV-VIS-NIR reflectography and μ-XRF imaging", in: D. Deckers, L. Orlandi, J. Maksimczuk (eds.). Festschrift NN (in press, to appear in the series Transmissions, De Gruyter, in 2025).

1. 00_CodPhilol88_Preview.jpg - photo taken during analysis of the codex, for illustration purpose 

2. CodPhilol88_Protocol.pdf - analytical protocol

3. CodPhilol88_reflectography.zip - complete reflectography dataset

4. CodPhilol88_XRF.zip - completeX-ray fluorescence dataset