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Rabitsch, Malissa, Hradil, Erlach, Uhlir, Griesser, Hofmann 123
All folios except folio 16 show four pricking marks
shaped like small slits or, in rare cases, round holes
in the corners of the text block (Fig. 2). Some folios
show one additional mark in the middle of the lower
edges as well. Impressed horizontal ruling lines, a few
times with pricking marks along the margins, are
visible on most folios (Fig. 3), except folios 4 and 5.
There are also vertical impressed lines that define the
margin of the text block (Fig. 4), present on all fo-
lios except folios 1, 4 and 5. The ruling has not been
carried out consistently and differs from side to side
and from quire to quire. According to Otto Mazal25,
there are seven different ruling schemes, which could
be confirmed during the observations within the
Vienna Genesis project26 (Fig. 5 a and b). The use
of different schemes is rather unusual, according to
Otto Kresten27. The matching ruling lines on the bi-
folios indicate that the lines were continued across
the centrefold (Fig. 6). In case of some reattached
bifolios, it is possible that the basic design of the il-
lumination and its sketch was made on the opened
25 Mazal. 1980, pp. 28–31.
26 Only on folios 2 and 3 Mazal was mistaken regarding the number of vertical lines. He assumed two
lines at the inner margin, but there is only one.
27 Personal communication, Prof. Otto Kresten, Academy of Science, 22 February 2017.
Fig. 3: Details of a)
impressed
ruling lines,
folio 7, page 13,
b) impressed
ruling lines with
pricking marks
in transmitted
light, folio 3,
page 5.
Fig. 4: Detail of vertical impressed
lines, folio 12, page 23.
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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