The Acrostic Paradise Lost by John Milton and Terrance Lindall

As we continued to examine and consider the Yuko Nii Foundation’s
copy of the death warrant, we consulted paper experts and scholars. We
were told that we were asking all the right questions.
Further thoughts were, if there were engraved printed copies available in
the 18 th century, why would a handwritten copy be made. Clearly, it
would NOT have been. We concluded, therefore, that this handwritten
copy in iron gall ink preceded any engraved copy. We have concluded
that this is a copy executed between the death of King Charles and the
time of Horace Walpole, most probably in the 17 th century.
Finally we submitted the YNF death warrant to Nica Gutman Rieppi,
Principal Investigator for Art Analysis & Research (US) LLC
New York, NY, She was also the chief investigator of for a painting
worth nearly half a billion dollars, Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
The 500-year-old portrait of Jesus Christ has a shady past that includes
ownership by King Charles I, a 160-year disappearing act and a sale for
only thousands of dollars just 12 years ago.
From TIME MAGAZINE:
“Rieppi and her team of six scientists painstakingly
analyzed the painting at a microscopic level, taking
minuscule samples to determine the pigments, materials
and techniques used to create it. They also used technical
imaging with x-rays, infrared and ultraviolet technology
to evaluate how it evolved with each stroke.
“The CSI-like research contributed to the work of other
teams researching the artistic expression
(connoisseurship) and history (provenance) of the piece.
In the increasingly high-stakes world of multimilliondollar
fine art sales, science is becoming ever more
important, Rieppi said.
The purpose, ultimately, is to “get inside the head of the
artist,” Rieppi said
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