Abstract
La matérialité de la majorité des manuscrits médiévaux nous apporte le résultat de plusieurs changements produits par les interventions délibéré consécutifs, chaque fois que nécessaire pour la conservation de son contenu intellectuel, spirituel et artistique. Les changements successifs de l'apparition des quinze manuscrits enluminés (datés entre 12ème et 13ème siècles) du monastère médiéval portugais de Lorvão, notamment en ce qui concerne la reliure, constituent un matériel précieux pour une analyse stratigraphique. Une méthode archéologique de la différenciation des strates temporales, basée sur l'anatomie codex médiéval et de sa construction rationnelle, a été utilisée pour comprendre la sédimentation d’éléments matériaux au cour du temps et enregistrer la bande chronologique de chaque manuscrit - la quatrième dimension soi-disant.
Néanmoins la préservation relative du corps du livre, les éléments structurels et de protection sont assez instable et peuvent nécessiter - plus d'une fois au cours du temps - d’une intervention de restauration; ces changements nous servent d’indications chronologiques et sont essentiels pour afficher une étude chronologique de l’histoire de chaque manuscrit, ou d’un ensemble particulier de manuscrits. En fait, nous avons fait l'étude des manuscrits médiévaux provenant du monastère de Lorvão, individuellement, mais aussi de la relation entre eux. A été très intéressant et révélateur de constater que certaines caractéristiques changeantes sont définis par certaines périodes historiques reflétant le niveau de conservation nécessaires, ainsi que le comportement de réception.
Cette approche, propose également des informations supplémentaires à l'étude interdisciplinaire des manuscrits du Moyen Âge, ainsi que d'autres idées pour les futures pratiques de conservation.
The materiality of majority medieval codex brings us the result of several changes produced by consecutive deliberated interventions, whenever required for the conservation of its intellectual, spiritual and artistic content. The successive changes in the appearance of the illuminated codices of the medieval legacy from the early Portuguese Monastery of Lorvão, particularly as far as bookbinding is concerned, constitute valuable material for a stratigraphic analysis. An archaeological method of sensible strata differentiation, based on medieval codex anatomy and its rational construction, was used to record the manuscript timeline - the so- called fourth dimension.
A new synoptic tool for description was prepared, which explains material continuities and discontinuities and allows for a depiction of the transformation process of these manuscripts throughout time. Nevertheless, the relative preservation of texblock, structural and protective elements are quite instable and may require restoration or substitution, sometimes, more than once along time becoming accepted chronological indicators. Cataloguing medieval manuscripts should not be done without careful observation of these interventions. Omission, or description expressions like “rebound” “subsequent binding” or “no original binding”, do not report the significance of transformation moments. Far from being supplementary information, binding elements are essential to display a chronological study of each manuscript, or a particular set of manuscripts. In fact, we’ve been study some manuscripts individually, but also the relation between medieval manuscripts from Lorvão monastery attending to their stratigraphic analyse. Has been quite interesting and developer to realise that some changing features are defined by certain historical periods reflecting the level of conservation needed, as well as reception behavior.
This approach, also propose additional information to the interdisciplinary study of medieval codices, as well as further insights for the future conservation practices.
Néanmoins la préservation relative du corps du livre, les éléments structurels et de protection sont assez instable et peuvent nécessiter - plus d'une fois au cours du temps - d’une intervention de restauration; ces changements nous servent d’indications chronologiques et sont essentiels pour afficher une étude chronologique de l’histoire de chaque manuscrit, ou d’un ensemble particulier de manuscrits. En fait, nous avons fait l'étude des manuscrits médiévaux provenant du monastère de Lorvão, individuellement, mais aussi de la relation entre eux. A été très intéressant et révélateur de constater que certaines caractéristiques changeantes sont définis par certaines périodes historiques reflétant le niveau de conservation nécessaires, ainsi que le comportement de réception.
Cette approche, propose également des informations supplémentaires à l'étude interdisciplinaire des manuscrits du Moyen Âge, ainsi que d'autres idées pour les futures pratiques de conservation.
The materiality of majority medieval codex brings us the result of several changes produced by consecutive deliberated interventions, whenever required for the conservation of its intellectual, spiritual and artistic content. The successive changes in the appearance of the illuminated codices of the medieval legacy from the early Portuguese Monastery of Lorvão, particularly as far as bookbinding is concerned, constitute valuable material for a stratigraphic analysis. An archaeological method of sensible strata differentiation, based on medieval codex anatomy and its rational construction, was used to record the manuscript timeline - the so- called fourth dimension.
A new synoptic tool for description was prepared, which explains material continuities and discontinuities and allows for a depiction of the transformation process of these manuscripts throughout time. Nevertheless, the relative preservation of texblock, structural and protective elements are quite instable and may require restoration or substitution, sometimes, more than once along time becoming accepted chronological indicators. Cataloguing medieval manuscripts should not be done without careful observation of these interventions. Omission, or description expressions like “rebound” “subsequent binding” or “no original binding”, do not report the significance of transformation moments. Far from being supplementary information, binding elements are essential to display a chronological study of each manuscript, or a particular set of manuscripts. In fact, we’ve been study some manuscripts individually, but also the relation between medieval manuscripts from Lorvão monastery attending to their stratigraphic analyse. Has been quite interesting and developer to realise that some changing features are defined by certain historical periods reflecting the level of conservation needed, as well as reception behavior.
This approach, also propose additional information to the interdisciplinary study of medieval codices, as well as further insights for the future conservation practices.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Bookbindings |
| Subtitle of host publication | Theoretical Approaches and Practical Solutions |
| Editors | Nataša Golob, Jedert Vodopivec Tomažič |
| Place of Publication | Turnhout |
| Publisher | Brepols Publishers |
| Pages | 83 - 104 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-2-503-57498-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | Bibliologia |
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| Publisher | Brepols Publishers |
| Number | 45 |