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000128085 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.saa.2023.123204
000128085 0248_ $$2sideral$$a135273
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000128085 100__ $$aNunes, M.
000128085 245__ $$aMulti-analytical characterisation of blotting sands on documents from religious orders in Portugal (16th-19th centuries)
000128085 260__ $$c2023
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000128085 5203_ $$aToo little is known about areia de escrever, i.e., blotting sands, the intriguing particles sprinkled on freshly written scripts to accelerate the drying time of the ink. Blotting sands constitute a valuable but underestimated historical source.
This work investigated the blotting sands used on the account books of the religious houses scattered across continental Portugal and Madeira Island (16th-19th centuries). The sands were mainly composed of different minerals, predominately black sands, but in a few cases, minerals were found mixed with gums, paper cocoons or bone shavings. The combined use of SEM-EDS, µ-Raman and FT-IR techniques uncovered the materials' chemical or mineralogical composition and morphology. This approach, allied with image analysis and statistics complemented with multivariate analysis, allowed us to look for trends between the samples and hypothesise about their provenance. Heavy minerals, such as ilmenite, hematite and almandine, were identified as major components, together with other silicates (e.g. quartz). Samples were dominated by medium-sized grains with shape features indicating texturally mature sediments resulting from a medium-to-long sedimentary transport. Due to shorter geological transport distances, Madeira Island was the exception, with more angular grains. This work allowed us to uncover blotting sands, value them as historical sources, and establish a roadmap for their use in Portugal, aiming to pave the way towards a more global context in Europe.
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000128085 591__ $$aSPECTROSCOPY$$b5 / 44 = 0.114$$c2023$$dQ1$$eT1
000128085 593__ $$aAnalytical Chemistry$$c2023$$dQ2
000128085 593__ $$aSpectroscopy$$c2023$$dQ2
000128085 593__ $$aInstrumentation$$c2023$$dQ2
000128085 593__ $$aAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics$$c2023$$dQ2
000128085 594__ $$a8.4$$b2023
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000128085 700__ $$aWanzeller Martins, G.
000128085 700__ $$aSarraguça, J.
000128085 700__ $$aOlival, F.
000128085 700__ $$aMoita, P.
000128085 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-4848-414X$$aMitchell, Scott G.
000128085 700__ $$aClaro, A.
000128085 700__ $$aFerreira, T.
000128085 773__ $$g303 (2023), 123204 [15 pp.]$$pSpectrochim. acta, Part A: Mol. biomol. spectrosc.$$tSPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY$$x1386-1425
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000128085 951__ $$a2024-11-22-12:07:33
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