Leaflets of memory : an illuminated annual for MDCCCLV.
1855
This literary annual was covered by the publisher using an emerald green book cloth that was popular during the 1850's. Analysis of the pigment by Joyner Library conservation staff, performed using X-ray fluorescence with assistance from the Queen Anne's Revenge Conservation Lab, showed that the pigment used for the bright green color of the cover contains the toxic pigment, copper acetoarsenite, sometimes known as emerald green, Paris green, Scheele's green, or Schweinfurt green. This pigment was popular during a portion of the Victorian era, but fell out of use owing partially to its toxicity.
This was a gift book, meant to be given to friends during the Victorian period. Notably, this collection of poetry was covered by the publisher using an emerald green book cloth that was popular during the 1850's. Analysis of the pigment by Joyner Library conservation staff, performed using X-ray fluorescence with assistance from the Queen Anne's Revenge Conservation Lab, showed that the pigment used for the bright green color of the cover contains the toxic pigment, copper acetoarsenite, sometimes known as emerald green, Paris green, Scheele's green, or Schweinfurt green. This pigment was popular during a portion of the Victorian era, but fell out of use owing partially to its toxicity.
Plants of the Holy land : with their fruits and flowers, beautifully illustrated by original drawings, colored from nature
1861
This book on botany in the Holy Land was covered by the publisher using an emerald green book cloth that was popular during the 1850's. Analysis of the pigment by Joyner Library conservation staff, performed using X-ray fluorescence with assistance from the Queen Anne's Revenge Conservation Lab, showed that the pigment used for the bright green color of the cover contains the toxic pigment, copper acetoarsenite, sometimes known as emerald green, Paris green, Scheele's green, or Schweinfurt green. This pigment was popular during a portion of the Victorian era, but fell out of use owing partially to its toxicity.
This item is a single leaf from an antiphonal book. Antiphonals were used during Christian mass service as a chant and response by a select group of the congregation. The size of the leaf and text is due to the need for the item to be read by multiple people at the same time. The chants and mass service depicted on this leaf comes from the feast of Trinity Sunday, celebrated on the first Sunday following Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar. Based on the letter forms used in the handwriting, it is likely from the late Gothic period. The ornamental initials are Spanish in style. The black-brown letters were written using an iron gall ink. The rubricated, or red, letters were done using a vermilion pigment. Three edges of the page were also treated using vermilion. The large initial 'B' on the recto was decorated using vermilion, verdigris for the green, and an unidentified organic-based yellow pigment. The pigments were identified using X-ray fluorescence by Joyner Library conservation staff with the assistance of conservators at the Queen Anne's Revenge Conservation Lab.