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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.
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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