Cleveland Museum of Art
Historiated Initial (E) Excised from a Gradual: Adoration of the Magi
c. 1200–1240
X-ray fluorescence analysis is a nondestructive technique used to determine the elemental composition of materials. On this leaf it revealed that the dark blue pigment contains azurite.
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