Page - 42 - in The Vienna Genesis - Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment

42 The parchment of the Vienna Genesis: characteristics and manufacture face treatment, which includes a reduction in the thickness of the skin, is done when the parchment is dry yet still stretched on the frame. Fig. 1: Fresh skin after skinning (left); sheep pelt soaked in a lime bath (right). Fig. 2: Dehairing of the skin and stretching it on a circular frame. Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0