The Vienna Genesis: An Example of Late Antique Purple Parchment
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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.
Translated title of the contribution | Die Wiener Genesis: ein Beispiel für spätantikes Purpurpergament |
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Original language | English |
Journal | Restaurator |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
Pages (from-to) | 3-33 |
Number of pages | 31 |
ISSN | 0034-5806 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:
The Austrian Science Fund FWF supported the research project (P 28898-G26). We thank Inge Boesken Kanold, Zita Breu, Mark Clarke, Virginia Costa, Andrea Giovannini, Regina Hofmann-de Keijzer, Otto Kresten, Andrea Pataki, Cheryl Porter and Isabella Withworth for providing their expertise as consultants.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.
Links
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9354503/pdf/rest-43-1-res-2021-0019.pdf
Final published version
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