Many thanks for the MSI files!
I always thought this was the most promising approch to get new data out of the VM and hope we one day can scan the entire manuscript.
But I have a question regarding your blog post:
Also can we be sure that all colors were indeed applied before the text was written? I think not. Yellow might be a special case. Unfortunately the green paint barely misses the text on this folio.
In any case, MSI appears to be a promising technique to detect the otherwise faded Yellow in the VM paintings.
I always thought this was the most promising approch to get new data out of the VM and hope we one day can scan the entire manuscript.
But I have a question regarding your blog post:
Quote:Folio 93r (above) may have been selected for imaging because of the stain that seems to match the color of the flower. The stain and the flower respond to the exposure in identical ways, suggesting that the stain is indeed the same pigment as the flower and was likely the result of a careless spill while the artist was working. It is noteworthy that the text is written over the stain. This confirms what study of other pages reveals – that the images were drawn and colored by the artists before the text was written by the scribesI fail to understand what makes you conclude that the text was written over the yellow stain, at least from the single processed image of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. . It looks identical to the ink used to draw the outline of the plant and the circles that are (probably) supposed to be florets of the composite flower. Does that mean they were also drawn after the yellow paint was applied? I find that hard to imagine.
Also can we be sure that all colors were indeed applied before the text was written? I think not. Yellow might be a special case. Unfortunately the green paint barely misses the text on this folio.
In any case, MSI appears to be a promising technique to detect the otherwise faded Yellow in the VM paintings.