TY - JOUR A1 - Brozowski, E. A1 - Colini, C. A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Rabin, Ira A2 - Ayo, Charles K. T1 - Scientific investigations on paper and writing materials of Mali: A pilot study T2 - Journal of african studies and development N2 - The investigation of physical properties and chemical composition generates data important for answering cultural-historical questions that cannot be solved by historical and philological methods alone. Due to technological developments, technical diagnostics in art and culture are in ever-greater demand in such fields of transdisciplinary research. Natural sciences play auxiliary role in the studies of manuscripts. The success of their contribution depends strongly on the formulation of the question, the choice of the methods to obtain the requested answer, and appropriate reference databases. First, report was given on the measurements performed on local raw materials, such as, plants, minerals and animals, which constitute the reference session. Then, the first results of the scientific analysis of several fragments from the Malian manuscript collections were present. PB - Academic Journals CY - Nairobi, Kenya KW - Manuscripts KW - Inks KW - Colorants KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2019 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/48100 AN - OPUS4-48100 SN - 2141-2189 VL - 11 IS - 3 SP - 28 EP - 50 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany