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 Three

Ruling Line Analysis (Red Lines)

The red ruling lines, used to structure the layout of the manuscript text, exhibit distinctive behavior under multispectral imaging:
    •    Visible Light (VL): The ruling lines are clearly visible, appearing in a soft red tone. This confirms their role in guiding line and column placement during manuscript production.
    •    Ultraviolet Light (UV): The red lines remain clearly visible and even more distinct, likely due to the presence of organic pigments or dyes that fluoresce under UV. This suggests the use of an organic red pigment, possibly vermilion or red lake.
    •    Infrared Light (IR): The ruling lines become invisible or extremely faint, indicating that the pigment does not contain carbon or iron, both of which typically absorb IR light. This further supports the conclusion that a non-IR-absorbing, organic-based red pigment was used.

The parenthesis “(” is not original to the main Gothic text. It’s likely:
    •    A later addition by a reader or scribe.
    •    Written with a different ink, possibly carbon-based or organic.
    •    Possibly intended as a reader’s mark, correction, or guiding symbol.ruling/ human mark/ text