TY - JOUR A1 - Nöller, R. A1 - Hahn, Oliver T1 - Illuminated manuscripts from Turfan - Tracing Silk Road glamour by analyzing pigments JF - STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research N2 - Investigation of manuscripts found in sites along the Silk Road shows the history of communication and exchange between Asia and the Mediterranean over the centuries. Different scripts and languages preserved on paper in certain styles provide information about traditions and provenance. To get an idea of the cultural background of the highly developed painting techniques obvious in some illuminated manuscripts, the material used for writing and painting is analyzed. Singular Sogdian and Tocharian manuscripts from Turfan show text on one side with a colorful painting on the other side of the document. In comparison with other productions of different periods or usages from the site, special features are worked out to characterize cultural roots or influence in the network of relationships. Details analyzed in the most elaborated documents Show various influences led to the colorful masterpieces. KW - Pigments KW - X-ray fluorescence analysis KW - Archaeometry PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-391654 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2015.1133120 SN - 2054-8923 VL - 1 IS - 2 SP - 50 EP - 59 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group AN - OPUS4-39165 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -