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Postcards on parchment : the social lives of medieval books
\"Medieval prayer books held not only the devotions and meditations of Christianity, but also housed, slipped between pages, sundry notes, reminders, and ephemera, such as pilgrims' badges, sworn oaths, and small painted images. Many of these last items have been classified as manuscript illumination, but Kathryn M. Rudy argues that these pictures should be called, instead, parchment paintings, similar to postcards. In a delightful study identifying this group of images for the first time, Rudy delineates how these objects functioned apart from the books in which they were kept. Whereas manuscript illuminations were designed to provide a visual narrative to accompany a book's text, parchment paintings offered a kind of autonomous currency for exchange between individuals--people who longed for saturated color in a gray world of wood, stone, and earth. These small, colorful pictures offered a brilliant reprieve, and Rudy shows how these intriguing and previously unfamiliar images were traded and cherished, shedding light into the everyday life and relationships of those in the medieval Low Countries. \"-- Provided by publisher.
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Genetic analysis identifies the missing parchment of New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi
Presents the results of genetic analyses on an archived piece of blank parchment proposed to be the missing portion of the lower parchment of the Waitangi Sheet of the Treaty. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
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Effects of hydrolysis and bleaching conditions on the efficiency of cellulose microfibrils extraction from coffee parchment through a design of experiments
Cellulose microfibrils were isolated from coffee parchment through acid hydrolysis, alkaline hydrolysis, and bleaching. Factorial design experiments allowed studying the influence of the chemical precursor concentrations and reaction times on the mass losses. TGA, SEM, XRD, and FT-IR techniques allowed for characterizing the coffee parchment hydrolyzed and bleached. Obtained results suggest that acid hydrolysis breaks down the lignocellulosic compounds from the coffee parchment, and alkaline hydrolysis allows the solubilization of lignin and hemicellulose. Lignocellulosic compound dissolution produces a reduction/disappearance of some vibrational bands. This dissolution enhances the crystalline index and decreases the microfibril’s diameter. However, in coffee parchment, the microfibrils are twisted, giving the appearance of fibers with a minor diameter. The design of the experiment results suggests that the main factors during acid and alkaline hydrolysis are the concentration of the chemical precursors. In the bleaching process, a variation in the factors does not significantly influence the response variable. However, for brightness, the precursor concentration affects the cellulose quality. The optimal conditions for cellulose extraction from coffee parchment are 5% (v/v) of HNO3 by 2 h, 3% (m/v) NaOH by 60 min, and a 1:1 mass of NaClO:CH3COOH by 45 min for bleaching.
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Catalogue of the 17
Cataloguing manuscripts is crucial in Ethiopian textual scholarship but remains underdeveloped relative to the vast number of existing manuscripts. This study aimed to catalogue 17th and 18th-century manuscripts from Qäranǝyo Mädḫane ˁaläm Church (QMC), East Goğğam Diocese, North-West Ethiopia. Mixed research approach and document analysis research design were employed. Data were collected through fieldwork and inventory. The results revealed that the manuscripts were recorded with identical serial numbers, written on parchment in Gǝˀǝz and Amharic with black and red ink. They featured multiple handwritings and titles, making them multi-textual. The written areas were divided using pricking and ruling. Cataloguing is vital for both national and international scholars. Challenges included limited access to manuscripts due to a lack of awareness of local community and insufficient digitizing equipment. Therefore, constructing a standard museum, increasing community awareness, creating digital copies with advanced technology, and ensuring global accessibility and preservation are essential steps.
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Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms for the Computer Simulation of Moisture Sorption Isotherms of Coffee Beans
Digital twin–based machine learning (ML) techniques can improve the control of the storage conditions of dried products, strengthening the classical water sorption isotherm–based approach by including additional process variables. In this study, water sorption isotherms of dried parchment and green coffee beans were experimentally determined at 25, 35, and 45 °C using the dynamic dew point (DDI) method. Experimental data (both coffee bean types and temperatures) were simultaneously modeled by means of three ML techniques, support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), and artificial neural networks (ANN), with 75% of data used for model training and 25% for validation. The hyperparameters were identified by minimizing the mean square error (MSE). The ML model’s accuracy was addressed by a multiway ANOVA on the mean relative error (MRE), the coefficient of determination (
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), and the computation time (CT). The sorption isotherms were significantly (
p
-value < 0.05) affected by the type of coffee and the temperature. The SVM model provided the best fit (MRE < 1% and
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> 99%) in a reasonable CT (< 13 s). These results revealed the potential of ML models as a robust tool for the fast prediction of the equilibrium moisture content, including additional variables such as the type of coffee stage (dried parchment or green) and temperature; this paves the way for their industrial-level implementation to assist storage management.
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Simple method for obtaining regenerated cellulose nanoparticles from delignified coffee parchment, and their use in fabricating blended films
Coffee parchment is one of the residues generated in coffee processing and has been poorly explored for value-added applications. It has been reported that coffee parchment has a high cellulose content (40–49%). Cellulose has been studied in many fields and specifically regenerated cellulose has been explored for many applications. Then, in this work a simple method for obtaining regenerated cellulose nanoparticles (RCNPs) from delignified coffee parchment, was determined. A complete physicochemical characterization of RCNPs obtained is presented, FTIR showed high cellulose purity, and XRD analysis showed high crystallinity of cellulose II. TEM images revealed that nanoparticles have spherical morphology. TGA showed good thermal stability and DLS allowed to determine the stability of suspension and the Z-average of the particles. The application of RCNPs on film formation was also evaluated when blended with PVA and Glycerol showing good mechanical properties with potential application on food packing.
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Animal origin of 13th-century uterine vellum revealed using noninvasive peptide fingerprinting
Tissue-thin parchment made it possible to produce the first pocket Bibles: Thousands were made in the 13th century. The source of this parchment, often called “uterine vellum,” has been a long-standing controversy in codicology. Use of the Latin termabortivumin many sources has led some scholars to suggest that the skin of fetal calves or sheep was used. Others have argued that it would not be possible to sustain herds if so many pocket Bibles were produced from fetal skins, arguing instead for unexpected alternatives, such as rabbit. Here, we report a simple and objective technique using standard conservation treatments to identify the animal origin of parchment. The noninvasive method is a variant on zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry (ZooMS) peptide mass fingerprinting but extracts protein from the parchment surface by using an electrostatic charge generated by gentle rubbing of a PVC eraser on the membrane surface. Using this method, we analyzed 72 pocket Bibles originating in France, England, and Italy and 293 additional parchment samples that bracket this period. We found no evidence for the use of unexpected animals; however, we did identify the use of more than one mammal species in a single manuscript, consistent with the local availability of hides. These results suggest that ultrafine vellum does not necessarily derive from the use of abortive or newborn animals with ultrathin hides, but could equally well reflect a production process that allowed the skins of maturing animals of several species to be rendered into vellum of equal quality and fineness.
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The Identification of Morphological and Anatomical Structures of Pluchea indica
This current research aimed at identifying the morphological and anatomical structures of Pluchea indica, specifically in root, stem, leaf, and flower of its. A descriptive approach was applied to this research and was conducted at Biology Laboratory of University of Muhammadiyah Malang from July to August 2019. The identification of morphological structure, furthermore, was focused on the characteristics of root, stem, leaf, and flower organ. In addition, the identification of anatomical structure was through a transverse incision in each organ by means of fresh preparation, safranin coloration, and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The collected data were analyzed descriptively and quantitatively. The identification of morphological structure in the organs was referred to a book entitled Morfologi Tumbuhan (Plant Morphology) by Tjitrosoepomo (2007); while the anatomical identification was referring to a book of Anatomi Tumbuhan (Plant Anatomy) by Fahn (1995). The result of the identification has indicated that Pluchea indica possesses the following morphological characteristics: 1) the leaves are light green, with trichomes in their upper and lower sides; 2) the length of branches signifies 1 cm in average, located at crisscrossing points and in a form of abovatus; 3) the tip of the leaves (apex folli) is sharp-formed (acanthus), with serrated pattern at the edge of the leaves (margo folli); 3) the base of the leaves (basic folli) is blunted (obsitus) and the structure of the leaf bones (nervatio) is pinnate-formed (penninervis), with oval-shaped leaf blades and parchment-like intervenium; and 4) the stem is in a round form with monopodial branches, taproot, and capitulum inflorescent. Further, with the reference to the anatomical structure of the stem and root, there have been found epidermal tissue, cortex, xylem and phloem, sclerenchyma, and pith. The modification on stomatal epidermis is in a form of kidney with two buffer cells of 13.6 μm in length and 9.82μm in width. Meanwhile, the porous length and width consecutively signify 9.02 μm and 1.32 μm, with glandular trichomes of 551 μm long in average and 39.6 μm wide in average.
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Influence of Coffee Variety and Processing on the Properties of Parchments as Functional Bioadditives for Biobased Poly(butylene succinate) Composites
Fermented polymers like biobased poly(butylene succinate) (BioPBS) have become more relevant as technical substitutes for ductile petrochemical-based polymers but require biogenic functional additives to deaccelerate undesired thermo-oxidative degradation and keep a fully biobased character. In this paper, the influence of coffee parchment (PMT) from two different varieties and processings on the thermo-oxidative stabilization and mechanical properties of poly(butylene succinate) composites up to 20 wt.-% PMT were investigated. Micronized with a TurboRotor mill, both PMT powders differ in particle size and shape, moisture ab- and adsorption behavior and antioxidative properties. It could be shown that pulped-natural PMT consists partially of coffee cherry residues, which leads to a higher total polyphenol content and water activity. The homogeneous PMT from fully washed processing has a higher thermal degradation resistance but consists of fibers with larger diameters. Compounded with the BioPBS and subsequent injection molded, the fully washed PMT leads to higher stiffness and equal tensile strength but lower toughness compared to the pulped-natural PMT, especially at lower deformation speed. Surprisingly, the fully washed PMT showed a higher stability against thermo-oxidative decomposition despite the lower values in the total phenol content and antioxidative activity. The required antioxidative stabilizers might be extracted at higher temperatures from the PMT fibers, making it a suitable biogenic stabilizer for extrusion processes.
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