Page - 251 - in The Vienna Genesis - Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment

Sophie Rabitsch, Christa Hofmann, Junko Sonderegger 251 Table 1: List of damages per folio Severe damages Folios Tide lines f 4, f 5, f 22, f 24 Stains of unknown origin f 6, f 10, f 12, f 13, f 21, f 22 Tears f 1, f 2, f 3, f 9, f 11, f 13, f 14, f 15, f 16, f 18 Insect damage f 2–5, f 9, f 10, f 23, f 24 Losses due to silver ink corrosion f 1, f 13, f 17, f 18, f 20, f 21 Losses due to copper corrosion f 12, f 13, f 14 Losses in the parchment (without the impact of silver ink or copper corrosion f 6, f 9 Losses in the paint layer f 1, f 2 (p 3), f 3 (p 6), f 5 (p 10), f 11, f 12 (p 24), f 13 (p 25), f 14 (p 27), f 17 (p 36), f 18 (p 36) Table 2: List of former treatments per folio Traces of former conservation treatments and mounting Folios Parchment patch f 2 (p 4) Pieces of paper or parchment f 11 (p 21) Adhesive or wax residues on or next to ink and paint layers f 1 (p 2), f 2 (p 3), f 3 (p 5), f 7 (p 13), f 8 (p 15), f 9, f 10 (p 20), f 11, f 13 (p 25), f 14, f 15, f 17, 18, f 19, f 20, f 21, f 23, f 24 (p 47) Strips of silk gauze, type 1 f 1 (p 1), f 2 (p 3), f 3 (p 5), f 4 (p 7), f 7 (p 13), f 8 (p 15), f 9 (p 17), f 11 (p 21), f 12 (p 23), f 13, f 14 (p 27), f 17 (p 34), f 18 (p 35), f 19 (p 37), f 22 (p 43), f 24 (p 48) Strips of silk gauze, type 2 f 1 (p 1), f 9 (p 17), f 10 (p 19), f 11 (p 21), f 16 (p 32) Paper fibres next to tears or losses f 1, f 2 (p 4), f 3, f 9 (p 18), f 15 (p 30), f 16 (p 31), f 17, f 20 (p 39), f 21 (p 41) Transparent paper f 20 Transparent pressure sensitive tape (to mend tears) f 3 (p 6), f 13 (p 26), f 14 (p 28), f 16 On many folios small compression folds can be observed (Fig. 6). We assume that these folds were caused by moistening the folios with parchment glue and by flattening them in 1975. All folios show cuts or tears of different sizes on the edges. Most folios have small tears measuring only a few millimetres. Longer tears measuring up to 25 cm appear on the folios 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 18 (Fig. 7). Most of the long tears have been secured during former conservation treatments. Bridges of silk gauze, transparent paper and pres- sure sensitive tape were used to mend tears, see chapter on history. An overview of severe damages per folio is given in Table 1. In Table 2 the major interventions are listed per folio. Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0