Digital Imagine project 1 

Manuscript analysis  

Part One --- General info  of the  parchment
Page Two --- support material/ text/ shimmering bg
Page Three ---ruling/ human mark
Page Four --- human highlight in different color
Page Five --- red ink in text
Page Six --- correction and overwrite
Page Seven ---text with decoration
Page Eight --- more fancy text decoration
Page Nine --- flora decoration
Page Ten --- another red ink in text
Page Eleven ---the gold decoration
Page Twelve ---the mode 
Page Thirthen  --- thrimmer


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Page Two
Black ink:
Likely Composition:
→ Iron-gall ink, based on the following:
    •    Fades under IR (carbon black would not).
    •    Appears dark in UV.
    •    Commonly used in 14th–16th century manuscripts.

Support Material:
    •    The parchment reveals fine vein pattern under UV, consistent with vellum (calfskin).
    •    The presence of visible pink ruling lines suggests leadpoint or red iron oxide as ruling pigment.

Shimmering text background: 
The shimmering background likely consists of a gold-size or organic preparatory layer, exhibiting:
    •    ✦ Neutral tone in visible light
    •    ✦ Complete disappearance in IR
    •    ✦ Strong fluorescence under UV

These findings strongly align with the manuscript’s luxury status as a 15th-century Book of Hours, in which surface refinement and visual richness were essential components of devotional value.
text/ shimmring/ support material