15-09-2017, 05:06 PM
Hi David,
I am known as a treasures searcher (is my 18 years old hobby). So, one of my contacts in Italy at Narni (TR) told me in April 2013 that in the city antiquarian market he has found some old documents in paper and parchment of XVII and XVIII th centuries (notarial acts, ecclesiastical, transfer of ownership, marriage records, inheritance; I assume part of the collection of a collector of ancient documents) so he send the images to me. I was smitten by a parchment with a draw similar to a page of Voynich manuscript. I told to him my intention to buy only the mentioned parchment and he sell it to me.
This is the simple story of the discovery of the parchment.
About the Logwood (camping) ink (Haematoxylon Campechianum) with iron added.
When the Raman spectre of the black ink revealed the old ink used, we was very surprised since this ink was used usually from the XVIII th century, but the last chemical researches made by University of Bologna, revealed that this ink was used in Europe since XVII th century, especially for watercolors (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.) with iron added to stabilize the ink used since 1525 because it was imported in Europe by Spain conquistadores from Central America.
Regarding the red seal in the verso of the parchment.
In 2013 I have consigned the photos of the seal to the Italian Archive of Biella (the town where I work and live) and immediately they told me that this is an "ad personam" seal used to close a letter or a package and not used as a postal seal or an association seal. The remaining of a second seal under the first one, very probably is a seal like the roman letters called "litterae clause" a seal "to loose" when someone opened the letter. Under the seal "AG" there is a remaining of a thick paper with animal glue, probably used to close the letter as a package.
These are the results of the Raman and XRF spectroscopy researches.
I am known as a treasures searcher (is my 18 years old hobby). So, one of my contacts in Italy at Narni (TR) told me in April 2013 that in the city antiquarian market he has found some old documents in paper and parchment of XVII and XVIII th centuries (notarial acts, ecclesiastical, transfer of ownership, marriage records, inheritance; I assume part of the collection of a collector of ancient documents) so he send the images to me. I was smitten by a parchment with a draw similar to a page of Voynich manuscript. I told to him my intention to buy only the mentioned parchment and he sell it to me.
This is the simple story of the discovery of the parchment.
About the Logwood (camping) ink (Haematoxylon Campechianum) with iron added.
When the Raman spectre of the black ink revealed the old ink used, we was very surprised since this ink was used usually from the XVIII th century, but the last chemical researches made by University of Bologna, revealed that this ink was used in Europe since XVII th century, especially for watercolors (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.) with iron added to stabilize the ink used since 1525 because it was imported in Europe by Spain conquistadores from Central America.
Regarding the red seal in the verso of the parchment.
In 2013 I have consigned the photos of the seal to the Italian Archive of Biella (the town where I work and live) and immediately they told me that this is an "ad personam" seal used to close a letter or a package and not used as a postal seal or an association seal. The remaining of a second seal under the first one, very probably is a seal like the roman letters called "litterae clause" a seal "to loose" when someone opened the letter. Under the seal "AG" there is a remaining of a thick paper with animal glue, probably used to close the letter as a package.
These are the results of the Raman and XRF spectroscopy researches.
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