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The cover image is based on the Special Issue Article Visualizing underdrawings in medieval manuscript illuminations with macro‐X‐ray fluorescence scanning by Nancy K. Turner et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/xrs.2956.
The element‐specific distribution maps generated by scanning macro‐X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy are providing cultural heritage researchers with information about the composition of materials present in works of art and, more importantly, unprecedented insight into the techniques employed by artists in their creation. One of the advantages of macro‐XRF scanning is that the X‐rays probe materials...