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Christa Hofmann, Sophie Rabitsch 19
stinger writes that the book conservator Alois Liška thought that the parchment was made
from calfskin28. The bookbinder and book conservator Alois Liška worked for the Manu-
script Collection from 1906 until 193929. He presumably treated the folios of the Vienna
Genesis when they were re-housed between new glass plates or before new images were
taken for the second facsimile edition. Bridges made from small silk strips on tears can be
seen on some folios (Fig. 3) and are visible on the reproductions in the facsimile from 1931.
Silk gauze was used for repairs in manuscripts in the early 20th century at the library30. Fig-
ure 4 shows folio 1, page 1 in the facsimile from 1895 and figure 5 for comparison the same
folio in the facsimile from 1931. Some more flattening of the parchment seems to have
been carried out. Small bridges of silk gauze have been used to mend the large tear without
obscuring text or miniature. Again, losses remain without infills.
28 Gerstinger, 1931, p. 185.
29 Austrian National Library Archive, record 1059/1928; Stummvoll, 1973, p. 119.
30 Smith, 1938, p. 68.
Fig. 5: Folio 1, page 1, in the fac-
simile edition from 1931.
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The Vienna Genesis
Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment
- Titel
- The Vienna Genesis
- Untertitel
- Material analysis and conservation of a Late Antique illuminated manuscript on purple parchment
- Herausgeber
- Christa Hofmann
- Verlag
- Böhlau Verlag
- Ort
- Wien
- Datum
- 2020
- Sprache
- englisch
- Lizenz
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-205-21058-0
- Abmessungen
- 17.3 x 24.5 cm
- Seiten
- 348