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Fig. 7

From: Establishing the original order of the poems in Harward’s Almanac using paleography, codicology, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, and statistical analysis

Fig. 7

a Photograph of p. 17; b XRF spectra of paper and inks in poem “The Pacquet Boat Returned” (1688), p. 17. 1: blank paper; 2: ink in upper section; 3: ink in lower section; c photograph of p. 24; e XRF spectrum of ink in poem “To the Tune of Chivie Chace” (1692–93), p. 24; f XRF spectra of paper and inks in the poem “Mrs Butler to Mrs Bracegirdle” (1692–93), p. 24. 1: blank paper; 2: ink in upper section; 3: ink in lower section. In the photographs, the yellow line shows the break between the two different poems and the black boxes show where the XRF analysis was performed. The inset in the XRF spectra show a magnified image of the analyzed area

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