Preservation of manuscripts altered by ferrogalliques ink : study of the possiblities of replacement of invasive and obsolete aqueous methods (Iron gall ink conservation project). University of Antwerp
UA will provide expertise and assistance towards characterization of model and original samples that are submitled to different treatments. These samples will be analysed, for instance at the SOLEIL Synchrotron, by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray diffraclion in order to document the side effects of the treatments and to get a beller insight in the involved chemical processes.