[split] Dating ink?

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I have sent an email to Raymond Clemens from the Beinecke Library requesting a C14 examination. That's his answer:

Dear Matthias,

At present it would damage too much of the ink to remove it for carbon dating (ink does contain carbon, but very little).  We have done XRF on the ink and there are no unusual modern elements (unlike the Vinland, that had a modern form of titanium dioxide).  If it becomes possible to carbon date the ink without damaging the mss, I will certainly consider it, but given the research done to date, everything says it’s a 15th century work.


Best,

Ray