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for mending and consolidation could not be analysed with non-invasive methods. It was
not possible to date the adhesives employed.
Conclusion
The early history of the Vienna Genesis is not documented. The first hint to its proven-
ience is the notes in Italian of folio 1 indicating an Italian owner in the 15th century. The
first written evidence is a letter of prefect Peter Lambeck to Emperor Leopold I. in which
Lambeck describes the manuscript and gives a first account of its condition. In 1664, when
the Vienna Genesis entered the Court Library, the silver ink already showed signs of cor-
rosion and major losses in the text. By handling the folios bound in a brochure further
Fig. 15: Repair with transparent
pressure sensitive tape on
folio 16, page 31.
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The Vienna Genesis
Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment
- Title
- The Vienna Genesis
- Subtitle
- Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment
- Editor
- Christa Hofmann
- Publisher
- Böhlau Verlag
- Location
- Wien
- Date
- 2020
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-205-21058-0
- Size
- 17.3 x 24.5 cm
- Pages
- 348