Selected literature

• Agricola, G., De Re Metallica, first Latin edition 1556, Translated by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou-Henry, Dover Publications Inc., New York (1912).
• Barrow, W.J., "Black Writing Ink of the Colonial Period," The American Archivist 11, (1948), p. 291-307.
• Barrow, W.J., Manuscripts and Documents - Their Deterioration and Restoration, University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, Virginia (1955).
• Burandt. J., "An Investigation Toward the Identification of Traditional Drawing Inks," The Book and Paper Annual 13, (1994), p. 9-16.
• Harley, R.D., Artist's Pigment's c. 1600 - 1835 - A Study in English Documentary Sources, London Butterworths, (1982).
• Krekel, C., Chemische Untersuchungen an Eisengallustinten und Anwendung der Ergebnisse bei der Begutachtung mittelaltericherHandschrifte, thesis, Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Georg August Universitat Gottingen (1990).
• Lehner, S., Manufacture of Inks (translated with additions by W.T. Bryant), H.C. Baird & Company, Philadelphia (1892).
• Meder, J., The Mastery of Drawing, Abaris Books, New York (1978).
• Mitchell, C. A. and Hepworth, T.C., Inks - Their Composition and Manufacture Including Methods of Examination and Full list of English Patents, Charles Griffin & Company, LTD, London (1924).
• Neevel, J.G., "The Development of a New Conservation Treatment for Ink Corrosion, based on the Natural Anti-Oxidant Phytate," Mogens S. Koch and Jonas Palm ed., IADA Preprints, Conference Papers, 8th Congress of IADA, Tubingen (1995), p.93-100.
• Pas, M. de and Flieder, F., History and Prospects for Analysis of Black Manuscript Inks, Conservation and Restauration of Pictorial Art, ed. N. Bromelle and P. Smith, Butterworths, (1976), p. 193-201.
• Reißland, B., Neue Restaurierungsmethoden fur Tintenfrass auf Papier mit wassrigen Phytatlosungen - Mochlichkeiten une Grenzen, proefschrift, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste Stuttgart, Archiv- und Bibliotheksgut, Stuttgart (1997).
• Strout, J., Inks on Manuscripts and Documents, Fourth Annual Seminar, Conservation of Archival Materials, Harry Ramsons Humanities Center, Austin (1985), p. 41-71.
• Thompson, J.C., Manuscripts Inks, The Caber Press, Portland, Oregon (1996).
• Watrous, J., The Craft of Old Master Drawing, The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison (1957).
• Wunderlich, C.H., "Über Eisengallustinte," Zeitung der Anorganischen Algemeinen Chemie 598-599 (1991), p.371. 371-376.
• Wunderlich, C.H., "Geschichte und Chemie der Eisengallustinte - Rezepte, Reaktionen und Schadwirkungen," Restauro 100 (1994), p. 414-421.