The Reichenau Epistolary
Red lead
Artists' Materials
Red lead was identified both in painted areas and in the orange ink.
The simultaneous detection of massicot, a lead oxide which could be heated to obtain red lead, suggests that this pigment was manufactured rather than obtained from the mineral minium. The roasting process must have been incomplete, allowing some of the raw material to remain in the mixture.
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Folio 2 v
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Folio 3 r
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Folio 8 v
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Folio 10 r
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Folio 56 v
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Folio 74 r
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Folio 85 v
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Folio 130 v
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Folio 131 v