Datasets

The animal origin of thirteenth-century uterine vellum revealed using non-invasive peptide fingerprintin

Sarah Fiddyment, 2015

Overview

The data available is the result of the ZooMS analysis of 72 pocket Bibles, 7 non-pocket Bibles originating in France, England and Italy and 100 English archival documents. The data consists of 1008 text files, representing analogue to digital conversion of ion counts detected by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry converted into mass based upon time of flight.

The text files along with the relevant metadata are contained in zip folders according to the location of the book objects analysed. Samples were collected directly from the book objects, usually by conservators or S.Fiddyment. Details of the book objects are given in the accompanying data.