The Non-Invasive Spectroscopic Study of a Parchment Object from the National Central Library of Florence: The Hebrew Scroll
Author:
Bartolozzi Giovanni1ORCID, Casini Andrea1, Castelli Lisa2, Cucci Costanza1ORCID, Grazzi Francesco1, Mazzinghi Anna3ORCID, Pieralli Irene1, Ruberto Chiara3, Sarfati Rachel4, Sidoti Alessandro5ORCID, Stefani Lorenzo1, Picollo Marcello1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Institute of Applied Physics “Nello Carrara” of the National Research Council, IFAC-CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy 2. National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Florence Division, Via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Via G. Sansone 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy 4. The Israel Museum, Derech Ruppin 11, Jerusalem 9171002, Israel 5. Conservation Workshop of the National Central Library of Florence, Piazza dei Cavalleggeri 1, 50122 Florence, Italy
Abstract
The Hebrew Scroll, catalogued as Magliabekian Manuscript III 43 and belonging to the National Central Library of Florence (BNCF), is a membranous richly decorated scroll, with colorful depictions of sacred sites through the Holy Land to Lebanon along with handwritten texts in Hebrew and notes in Italian. Despite the fact that the manuscript was originally catalogued as an “object of no artistic or scientific value”, recent paleographic studies dated it to the XIV century and highlighted it as the oldest scroll still available, depicting holy places from Egypt to Lebanon. Nevertheless, precise dating, authorship, and the interpretation of its original function are still uncertain. A suite of complementary techniques was used, including photographic documentation in visible (VIS) light in diffuse light, grazing light, and transillumination, luminescence induced by ultraviolet (UV) radiation, imaging spectroscopy (IS), Macro Area X-ray Fluorescence (MA-XRF), and spot analyses such as fiber-optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) in the UV, VIS, and near-infrared (NIR) regions, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) in external reflectance mode (ER), and micro-Raman spectroscopy. The results of the non-invasive diagnostic campaign enabled the identification of several constituting materials (parchment, pigments, binder, and inks). The identified materials were consistent with the proposed dating and geographical manufacturing area of the artefact.
Funder
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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