Journal
ARCHAEOMETRY
Volume 60, Issue 4, Pages 797-814Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12341
Keywords
Mesoamerican codices; portable techniques; material characterization; paint mixtures; hybrid pigments; Maya blue; cochineal; orpiment
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- EU project CHARISMA (FP7)
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Here, we report on the analytical findings and their cultural implications of a multidisciplinary study of the pre-Columbian Codex Fejervary-Mayer. Today conserved at the World Museum in Liverpool, it is one of the finest Mesoamerican codices among the few extant. Thanks to the exploitation of non-invasive analytical methodologies accessible through the MOLAB European mobile facility, the study allowed us to disclose the chemical composition of the painting materials used in the codex, which have never been analysed before. The results are discussed and compared with the outcomes of previous studies on other Mesoamerican codices.
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