# Grissino-Mayer 2004: A dendroarchaeological re-examination of the 'Messiah' violin and other instruments attributed to Antonio Stradivari

> Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Paul R. Sheppard, Malcolm K. Cleaveland, 2004. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the Messiah's wood dates…

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# A dendroarchaeological re-examination of the 'Messiah' violin and other instruments attributed to Antonio Stradivari

Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Paul R. Sheppard, Malcolm K. Cleaveland, 2004. _Journal of Archaeological Science 31, 167–174_.

Independent tree-ring dating of the Messiah top and other Stradivari attributions, placing the Messiah's outer rings in the 1680s.

**Stradivari "secret"** Articledoi: **[10.1016/j.jas.2003.07.001](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2003.07.001)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the Messiah's wood dates; its ring series is the NOAA dataset.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The Messiah is a Stradivari of about 1716.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/answers/ANS0CQAGXNA7TFB/the-messiah-is-a-stradivari-of-about-1716)

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[The "Messiah" violin, labelled 1716](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/artifacts/ART0CQAH1T47XZ5/the-messiah-violin-labelled-1716)

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[The Stradivari "secret"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret)

The mystery article

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[Is the Messiah violin by Stradivari?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stradivari-secret/questions/QST0CQAGPJR4XFR/is-the-messiah-violin-by-stradivari)

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## Cite it

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Grissino-Mayer, H. D., Sheppard, P. R., & Cleaveland, M. K. (2004). A dendroarchaeological re-examination of the 'Messiah' violin and other instruments attributed to Antonio Stradivari. Journal of Archaeological Science 31, 167–174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2003.07.001
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2003.07.001)

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