X-Ray Fluorescence (ARTAX: 50kV, 600 µA, linescans of 10-20 points, diverse times used (10 to 100s), & spot analyses of 120s), FTIR (Exoscans, diffuse reflection 4000-650 cm-1, DRIFT & ATR) , Reflectography ( DinoLite: x50 magnification, vis, NIR and UV light ), Visible Spectrophotometry ( SPM100, Gretag-Imaging AG: 380 nm to 730 nm ), Raman spectroscopy (Renishaw InVia Raman Spectrometer) and Microscopy (Keyence VX5000) Data of inks from Timbuktu, Mali, Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library MS.Haidara.n.1, n.2, n.3, n.4, n.5, n.6, n.7 and n.8. Analyses were performed at the CSMC in Hamburg.

Mali-Videomikroskop.zip - full Microscopy dataset
Mali_DinoLite.zip - full Reflectography dataset
Mali_IR ATR.zip - full FTIR-ATR dataset
Mali_IR DRIFT.zip - full FTIR-DRIFT dataset
Mali_Raman - Raman dataset
Mali_VIS.zip - full Spectrophotometry dataset
Mali_XRF.zip - full XRF dataset

The research for project A05 was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) within the Sonderforschungsbereich 950 (SFB 950). The research was conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg in collaboration with the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM).

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