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Fig. 4

From: Identification of pigments used in a Qajar manuscript from Iran by using atomic and molecular spectroscopy and technical photography methods

Fig. 4

Reflective cross-polarized light microscopic image of the orange strip at the margins of the papers (a) and red/orange pigment (b), indicating a mixture of two types pigment; µ-XRF spectra of orange (c) and red/orange (d) pigments with peak deconvolution based on the Gaussian function in the range 8-16 keV; (e): Raman spectra of the orange and red/orange pigments of manuscript with red lead and vermilion, collected with 785 nm laser excitation, showing the presence of red lead in orange and a mixture of red lead and vermilion in red/orange pigment

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