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The Vienna Genesis: An Example of Late Antique Purple Parchment

Published:2022-05-16 Issue:1-2 Volume:43 Page:3-33
ISSN:0034-5806
Container-title:Restaurator. International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material
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Author:

Hofmann Christa¹,Vnouček Jiří²,Rabitsch Sophie³,Aceto Maurizio⁴,Melo Maria João⁵,Malissa Antonia⁶,Uhlir Katharina⁷,Griesser Martina⁸,Hradil Klaudia⁹,Erlach Rudolf¹⁰,Quandt Abigail¹¹,Sonderegger Junko¹²,Fiddyment Sarah¹³,Collins Matthew¹⁴

Affiliation:

1. Conservation Department , Austrian National Library , Josefsplatz 1 , 1150 Vienna , Austria

2. Conservation Department, Royal Library , Copenhagen , Denmark

3. Conservation Studio , Heiligenstädterstraße 187/2 , 1190 Vienna , Austria

4. Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica , Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale , Alessandria , Italy

5. Department Conservation and Restoration, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon , Campus Caparica , 2829-516 Caparica , Portugal

6. Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology , Vienna , Austria

7. Conservation Science Department , Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien , Vienna , Austria

8. Conservation Science Department, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien , Vienna , Austria

9. X-Ray Center , Vienna University of Technology , Vienna , Austria

10. Institute of Art and Technology , University of Applied Arts Vienna , Vienna , Austria

11. The Walters Art Museum , Baltimore , MD , USA

12. Conservation Department, Austrian National Library , Vienna , Austria

13. University of Cambridge , The Henry Welcome Building, Fitzwilliam Street , Cambridge CB2 1QH , UK

14. University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark

Abstract

Abstract The investigation and conservation of the Vienna Genesis, a Late Antique manuscript on purple parchment, included the study of parchment production and purple dyeing in the sixth century. The process of parchment making and of purple dyeing was recreated and compared with the Vienna Genesis and other manuscripts from the sixth and eighth centuries. Parchment made from the hides of young lambs and dyed with orchil resembled the folios of the Vienna Genesis. The results of material analysis and the study of parchment technology influenced decisions for the conservation and storage of the manuscript. Fragile areas of ink and parchment were stabilised with strips of adhesive coated Japanese tissue paper. The single folios are stored in folders of Japanese paper and museum matboard within a sink mat.

Funder

Austrian Science Fund

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Materials Science,Media Technology,Conservation

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/res-2021-0019/pdf

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