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Traces of former conservation treatments and mountings
When studying the condition of the Vienna Genesis, the folios were compared with the
images in the three facsimile editions and the photographic images (colour transparencies)
from the last edition. It has to be considered that the facsimiles have been retouched and
do not show the folios in their exact contemporary state. The found traces were summar-
ized in the following groups:
Parchment patch
On folio 2, an overpainted patch of parchment was used to cover a round hole, see figure
11 in the chapter on parchment. Because of technological aspects, it can be assumed that
this repair does not originate from the manufacturing process. The patch is a bit thicker
than the rest of the folio and does not cover the hole completely, which might indicate that
it was added later. A repair carried out by the parchment maker would have been thinner
and more delicate, see chapter on parchment. According to visual observation and analysis
of the paint by XRF and FORS, no differences in the paint layers on the patch and the
surrounding area can be observed. The painter could have applied the patch while working
on the miniature..
Fig. 11: Repair with piece of paper or parchment of folio 11, page 20
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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