scholarly journals Stable Isotope Analysis of Collagen in the Study of Medieval Manuscript Parchment: Interpretation of the First Results

Author(s):  
Е.В. Уханова

Специфика древнерусского письменного наследия состоит в том, что бóльшая часть средневековых пергаменных кодексов XI–XIV вв. не содержит данных о месте их создания. Это обстоятельство является огромной проблемой отечественной медиевистики. Для ее решения нами была поставлена задача применить изотопный анализ коллагена (метод изотопной масс-спектрометрии) к большому комплексу древнейших пергаменных рукописей, хранящихся в Отделе рукописей Государственного исторического музея. В качестве первого объекта исследования были использованы пробы пергамена четырех новгородских кодексов последней четверти XII – последней четверти XIV в. из собрания Отдела рукописей Государственного исторического музея. Исследования двенадцати проб исторического пергамена были проведены в Институте геохимии и аналитической химии им. В. И. Вернадского (ГЕОХИ) РАН. Первые полученные результаты в области массспектрометрического анализа исторического пергамена нам кажутся вполне убедительными и перспективными для дальнейшего его применения в изучении локализации и элементов технологии изготовления средневековых рукописей. Specific features of Medieval Russia written heritage are stipulated by the fact that most medieval parchment codices do not contain data on the place where they were created. This fact is a true challenge for Russian medieval studies. To address this challenge, our task was to apply stable isotope analysis to a large corpus of the earliest parchment manuscripts kept in the Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books of the State Historical Museum. At first, parchment samples of four Novgorod codices dated to the last quarter of the 12th – last quarter of the 14th centuries from the collection of the Department of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books of the State Historical Museum were subjected to this analysis. The analysis of twelve samples of historical parchment was conducted in the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences. We find the first results of the stable isotope analysis of the parchment quite conclusive and encouraging; hence, this approach can be applied in follow-up studies of the place of production and technological elements of medieval manuscript production.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Micha Horacek

<p>Food products of certain geographic origin are more valued by consumers than the same commodities from other regions. Therefore, there is the risk and fear that incorrect labelling and declaration of geographic origin can occur to increase profit. Thus, a control of declared geographic origin is required to ensure correct labelling and to identify fraud.</p><p>For this purpose, apricot samples of the recent vintage (2019) are investigated to differentiate samples from different apricot-producing regions in Austria, Slovakia and other countries. The isotope composition of the elements hydrogen (H), carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and oxygen (O) of fruit pulp (H, C, N, O), fruit stone (H, C, O) and fruit juice (O) is analysed to find appropriate parameters for the differentiation of geographic origin. The investigation of different sample tissues (pulp, stone, juice) supports a better differentiation of geographic origin due to different seasonal intervals influencing the respective commodities.</p><p>Within the frame of the project 3 vintages will be investigated and analysed for stable isotopes as well as other analytical techniques (molecular markers). The combination of all sample data (including previously accumulated data, e.g. Horacek 2017, Horacek 2019) will lead to an improved differentiation and identification of geographic origin.</p><p>This work is a contribution to the Interreg project IDARPO partially funded by the EU-Interreg program.</p><p>References:</p><p>Horacek, M., 2017, Isotope investigation of apricots from the Wachau-area/Lower Austria („Wachauer Marille“) to control the declared geographic origin: A pilot study – first results. Mitteilungen Klosterneuburg. 67, p. 219-228.</p><p>Horacek, M., 2019, Stable isotope analysis for control of declared geographic origin of Austrian apricots. EGU 2019, Vienna.</p>


2003 ◽  
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Gottfried P. Kibelka ◽  
Robert H. Byrne ◽  
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