Pigment investigation of a late-medieval manuscript with total reflection X-ray fluorescence and micro-Raman spectroscopy

The use of micro-analytical techniques for the identification of artists' p igments reveals a lot of information. Micro-Raman and total reflection X-ra y fluorescence spectroscopy were applied to pigment investigations of sever al miniatures in the late-medieval Breviarium Mayer van den Bergh. The resu lts demonstrate the possibility of distinguishing the different miniaturist s who worked on this manuscript.