Illuminating the Carolingian era: new discoveries as a result of scientific analyses
Charlotte Denoël|Patricia Roger Puyo|Anne-Marie Brunet|Nathalie Poulain Siloe
Comparing information from the ancient texts about illumination of manuscripts to analysis components used create colour in illuminations sheds interesting light. Our research team studied several Carolingian era issued different sources including: Gospels St Riquier kept library Abbeville (ms. 4), two Theodulphe’s Bibles, (Orléans-Fleury, BnF lat.11937 and lat.9380), Godescalc Evangelistary (BnF NAL 1203), Denis lat.9387) Médard de Soissons lat.8850), last three court Charlemagne, all preserved at French National Library. These most luxurious were written illuminated between late eighth century first quarter ninth century. Through non-destructive portable visual spectrometric analysis, our was able identify palette materials scripts especially highlighted amazing use Egyptian blue a very specific part Evangelistary. also found that some substitutes including folium had been instead Tyrian purple for decoration dye parchment. manuscripts, produced initiative various patrons during Charlemagne’s reign, reveal light material reconstitutions’ experiments by professional illuminators their differences and, beyond, artistic diversity this particular period called Renaissance.
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