Nuclear science and the story of a preserved leaf from a copy of the great bible

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dc.contributor.authorDodson, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorGrierson, Pen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBennett, JWen_AU
dc.contributor.authorde Howard, SMen_AU
dc.contributor.authorWong, HKYen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-30T00:09:04Zen_AU
dc.date.available2015-09-30T00:09:04Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2013-04-01en_AU
dc.date.statistics2015-09-30en_AU
dc.description.abstractThree pressed leaves of Ulmus glabra (Wych Elm) were found within the pages of a copy of the Great Bible in the Library of the University of Western Australia. The Bible dates from AD 1540 and was originally housed at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire. A radiocarbon age on one of the leaves found it was about as old as the Great Bible itself, and stable C and N isotope and neutron activation analyses were carried out on the same leaf. The δ15N values were elevated and the content of iron, arsenic, bromine, silver, gold and mercury were relatively high. These analyses are consistent with an environment where water logging is present, as at Ely at the time, and the silver and gold content are probably consistent with the cathedral setting. The mercury was found to be associated with the red ink in the Bible. It is intriguing to ponder why Wych elm leaves were placed in the Bible, especially in the light that a copy of an original edition of the King James version of the Bible from Ely, also in the library in Perth has many dozens of U. glabra leaves also preserved within in its pages.© 2012, Elsevier Ltd.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationDodson, J., Grierson, P., Bennett, J., de Howard, S. M., & Wong, H. (2013). Nuclear science and the story of a preserved leaf from a copy of the Great Bible. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40(4), 1700-1702. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.11.022en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc6124en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0305-4403en_AU
dc.identifier.issue4en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Archaeological Scienceen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination1700-1702en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.11.022en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/6259en_AU
dc.identifier.volume40en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevieren_AU
dc.subjectLeavesen_AU
dc.subjectIsotopesen_AU
dc.subjectNeutron activation analysisen_AU
dc.subjectMercuryen_AU
dc.subjectPaperen_AU
dc.subjectSilveren_AU
dc.titleNuclear science and the story of a preserved leaf from a copy of the great bibleen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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