Scientific methods for philological scholarship: Pigment and paper analyses in the field of manuscriptology

In this paper, members of three research teams, namely the Turfan Project of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Berlin-based research project on pigments in Central Asian paper manuscripts, and the Hamburg-based project on the history and typology of Central Asian paper m...

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Published in:Journal of cultural heritage 2016-01, Vol.17, p.7-13
Main Authors: Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond, Friedrich, Michael, Hahn, Oliver, Helman-Ważny, Agnieszka, Nöller, Renate, Raschmann, Simone-Christiane
Format: Article
Language:English
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Ink
Material analysis
Turfan manuscripts
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Summary:In this paper, members of three research teams, namely the Turfan Project of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Berlin-based research project on pigments in Central Asian paper manuscripts, and the Hamburg-based project on the history and typology of Central Asian paper manuscripts, present some of the results of their cooperation. The investigated manuscripts belong to the Berlin Turfan Collection. On the basis of different examples the contribution of scientific methods to philological scholarship within a multidisciplinary approach is demonstrated.
ISSN:1296-2074
1778-3674
DOI:10.1016/j.culher.2015.06.004