65258 2024 eng 117 140 2-3 45 article Walter de Gruyter GmbH 1 -- -- -- Material analysis was carried out on four manuscripts from Northern Thailand, which included two palm-leaf manuscripts and two paper manuscripts. The two palm-leaf manuscripts MS 6 and MS 7 were found to have been written in the traditional method, wherein text was incised on the surface of the leaves, and then soot applied to the surfaces, confirmed by the identification of carbon ink. MS 7 additionally showed the presence of trace levels of iron in the ink, either from soot paste or from the stylus used for inscribing. The paper manuscript MS 3 was written in iron-gall ink, with sections written using a methyl-violet based ink while MS 4 was written in carbon ink. The paper used in the case of MS 3 was found to be machine made, while khoi fibres (Streblus asper) were used for making the paper used for MS 4. A combination of traditional and modern pigments, like molybdenum orange, was used for decorating the edges and cover. The results improved our understanding of these manuscripts in particular, and also provided us with insights about the rapid adoption of modern materials and their incorporation into the production of written artefacts from Northern Thailand in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Restaurator. International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material 0034-5806 10.1515/res-2023-0028 urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-652586 true journal-article http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 crossref PersonAuthorFirstName_1,PersonAuthorLastName_1,PersonAuthorIdentifierOrcid_1,PersonAuthorFirstName_2,PersonAuthorLastName_2,PersonAuthorFirstName_3,PersonAuthorLastName_3,PersonAuthorIdentifierOrcid_3,PersonAuthorFirstName_4,PersonAuthorLastName_4,PersonAuthorFirstName_5,PersonAuthorLastName_5,PersonAuthorFirstName_6,PersonAuthorLastName_6,PersonAuthorFirstName_7,PersonAuthorLastName_7,PersonAuthorIdentifierOrcid_7,PublisherName,TitleMain_1,Language,TitleAbstract_1,TitleParent_1,PageFirst,PageLast,Issue,Volume,PublishedYear,IdentifierIssn,Enrichmentlocal_crossrefLicence doi-import 29.12.2025 false true Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International S. Sathiyamani S. Ngiam O. Bonnerot S. Jaengsawang P. Panarut Agnieszka Helman-Wazny C. Colini eng uncontrolled Materials analysis eng uncontrolled Paper manuscript eng uncontrolled Palm-leaf manuscript eng uncontrolled Writing inks Analytische Chemie 4 Material und Umwelt 4.5 Kunst- und Kulturgutanalyse Chemie und Prozesstechnik Chemische Charakterisierung und Spurenanalytik Verlagsliteratur Datei für die Öffentlichkeit verfügbar ("Open Access") Wissenschaftliche Artikel der BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/files/65258/Material_Characterisation.pdf