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Fromm (PI, 01.01.19 – 31.12.24)2019 – 2024Before the use of paper, palm leaves were one of the main supports used for writing and painting, particularly in South and Southeast Asian countries. The project will analyse the characteristics and properties of palm-leaf manuscripts in detail. Depending on availability, we will compare manuscripts from palmyra, talipot, nypah and gebang palms and their wooden covers by using various microscopic and chemical methods. We will take a close look at deterioration and preservation treatment, as well as at the mechanical properties of the manuscripts. Relevant methods include light microscopy, which will characterize the anatomical structure of a leaf blade and will show differences between palm species as well as the structural organisation of various cell types within leaves, and electron microscopy for studying leaf surfaces (SEM) and cell contents (TEM). The latter can answer, for example, whether differences in leaf surface might be the reason for differences in writing techniques. Chemical analysis (ICP, EDXA), furthermore, will provide information on treatment of leaf blades with preservatives while radiocarbon dating can help to determine the age of manuscripts and wooden covers. Eventually, elasto-mechanical properties of manuscripts will be determined by microcomputed tomography (SRµCT) in order to reveal differences relevant for manuscript production.ProjektbeschreibungDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)ÜberblickPublikationen5Publikationen2022Wood profiling by non-targeted liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry: Part 2, Detection of the geographical origin of spruce wood (Picea abies) by determination of metabolite patternM. CreydtS. LautnerJ.-H. FrommM. FischerPublished: Zeitschriftenaufsätze: Journal of Chromatography A, Vol. 1663DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462737Externe PublikationsmetrikenDabei werden Daten an Dritte übertragen. Weitere Informationen finden Sie in unserer Datenschutzerklärung.Manuskripte aus Palmblättern. Bachelor-Thesis UHHA.-N. LinnauPublished: Studienabschlussarbeit: 58 S., Hamburg: Universität Hamburg, Fachbereich BiologieWood profiling - detection of the geographical origin of wood by non-targeted liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometryM. CreydtL. LudwigM. KöhlS. LautnerJ.-H. FrommM. FischerPublished: Zeitschriftenaufsätze: Chrom & Food Forum - Moderne Methoden, aktuelle Trends, Vol. 9, 42-442021Wood profiling by non-targeted high-resolution mass spectrometry: Part 1, Metabolite profiling in Cedrela wood for the determination of the geographical originM. CreydtL. LudwigM. KöhlJ. FrommM. FischerPublished: Zeitschriftenaufsätze: Journal of Chromatography A, Vol. 1641DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.461993Externe PublikationsmetrikenDabei werden Daten an Dritte übertragen. Weitere Informationen finden Sie in unserer Datenschutzerklärung.Alle 5 PublikationenExterne Publikationsmetriken sind inaktivDurch die Aktivierung werden Daten an Dritte übertragen. Weitere Informationen finden Sie in unserer Datenschutzerklärung.aktivieren