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  • Illuminated manuscripts are products of various skills and reflect the historical and geographical context of their creation.
  • Analyzing these manuscripts' materials and characteristics is crucial for understanding their history and comparing them to other works.
  • Recent studies on a Persian illuminated manuscript using non-invasive methods like multispectral imaging and portable instruments have led to new insights into the creation techniques of Middle Eastern manuscripts.

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Illuminated manuscripts are, in general, the final products of a wise and complex interaction of different competencies. In particular, each manuscript reflects uses and techniques rooted in the historical and geographical traditions of the area of realization. Defining the characteristics and the materials in these valuable artefacts is an essential element to reconstruct their history and allow a more precise collocation and a possible comparison with other works in similar periods and areas. Non-invasive methods, mainly using portable instruments, offer undoubtedly good support in these studies. Recent analyses of an ancient Persian illuminated manuscript, combining multispectral imaging and spectroscopic measurements made with portable instruments (XRF, FORS, micro-Raman, IR-ATR) on selected points, provided new data for an improved understanding of this rare book. This study details the possibilities offered by combining these non-invasive methods for an in-depth understanding of the techniques and practices behind the realization of Middle Eastern illuminated manuscripts and provided new perspectives for multidisciplinary approaches to research in this field.

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