MY RESEARCH

I have studied:

Materiality and intercultural scribal practices from 17th century Netherlands and India in collaboration with Frank Birkenholz (PhD candidate at Groningen University) with a special focus on the papers used in manuscripts commissioned by Daniel Havart, a VOC accounter based in Hyderabad.

An Indian Falnamah from the Werelmuseum in Rotterdam, interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with RCE Netherlands, Jessica Hansel, Karolien Nédée, Birgit Reissland, Frank Ligterink and an international team of experts.

19th century paper from Kashmir: Victor Jacquemont’s description on papermaking techniques in Srinagar.

South Asian papers used in Pahari drawings and miniatures paintings (Northwestern India): characterisation of Sialkoti paper and fibre identification.

Gutakas, devotion manuscripts in the 19th century: materials and techniques.

The interleaving materials found in Moroccan and Iranian manuscripts.

The Persian manuscripts made of découpage or Qāt’i, from 1490 to 1550 (techniques, materials and definition of calligraphy as a devotion act).

The Rajput drawings from the Pahari and Rajasthan regions (production, purpose and significance).

An Iranian Talismanic scroll dated 15th century in collaboration with Mounia Chekhab, curator at the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar et David Roxburgh, Professor at Harvard University.

“An Iranian Youth “, copy-painting from Gesina ter Bosch (1665) from the Rijksmuseum collection.

For these projects, I have collaborated with other scientific institutions such as the Qatar National Library, IRPA KIK Brussels, CNRS IRAMAT France, UCL Qatar, BioArCh York University and I have used various analytical methods e.g. XR- Fluorescence, Fibre Optics Reflectance, IR-Reflectography.

You can see a detailed list of my publications here.

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