Radini, Anita orcid.org/0000-0002-2099-2639, Tromp, Monica, Beach, Alison et al. (8 more authors) (2019) Medieval women’s early involvement in manuscript production suggested by lapis lazuli identification in dental calculus. Science Advances. eaau7126. ISSN 2375-2548
Abstract
During the European Middle Ages, the opening of long-distance Asian trade routes introduced exotic goods, including ultramarine, a brilliant blue pigment produced from lapis lazuli stone mined only in Afghanistan. Rare and as expensive as gold, this pigment transformed the European color palette, but little is known about its early trade or use. Here, we report the discovery of lapis lazuli pigment preserved in the dental calculus of a religious woman in Germany radiocarbon-dated to the 11th or early 12th century. The early use of this pigment by a religious woman challenges widespread assumptions about its limited availability in medieval Europe and the gendered production of illuminated texts.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Authors. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jan 2019 17:00 |
Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2024 00:33 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau7126 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1126/sciadv.aau7126 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:140923 |