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The vellum was carbon dated not too long ago, indicating that the book dated back to the 15th century: http://phys.org/news/2011-02-experts-age.html http://phys
by skdfhksdf 11y ago
The vellum was carbon dated not too long ago, indicating that the book dated back to the 15th century: http://phys.org/news/2011-02-experts-age.html http://phys.org/news/2011-02-experts-age.html
- benbreen 11y agoI'd seen that, but I'm wondering if there's any way to use spectroscopy or some other technique to determine roughly what part of the world the vellum came from. It's been shown to be possible with wine: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23682581 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23682581 And (I think this one is really fascinating) some researchers at the Louvre awhile back even used spectroscopic analysis on a painting by Murillo to determine that the obsidian he painted on began its life in a 14th century Aztec obsidian mine! http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005NIMPB.240..576C http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005NIMPB.240..576C