TY - JOUR A1 - Rabin, Ira A1 - Schütz, R. A1 - Kohl, Anka A1 - Wolff, Timo A1 - Tagle, R. A1 - Pentzien, Simone A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Emmel, S. T1 - Identification and classification of historical writing inks in spectroscopy: a methodological overview N2 - The identification of the type of ink should be among the primary goals of manuscript description. Several techniques of instrumental analysis are available, and new tools have been appearing on the market, the main development having been to more portability and user friendliness. In this article, we would like to give an overview of several existing methods and of their respective advantages and the results (on the example of a Coptic manuscript) that can be obtained with their help. KW - Archaeometry KW - Non-destructive testing KW - Spectroscopy KW - Manuscript studies PY - 2012 SN - 2078-3841 VL - 3 SP - 26 EP - 30 PB - ESF CY - Strasbourg AN - OPUS4-26940 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -