TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethical and technical concerns during the conservation process of a religious book
T2 - The book of hours from the library of Palácio Nacional de Mafra
AU - Araújo, Rita
AU - Casanova, Maria da Conceição
AU - Melo, Maria João
AU - Lemos, Ana
N1 - sem pdf conforme despacho.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This paper discusses the ethical approach and decision making for the conservation of a French book of hours (cofre no.24), currently stored in the 18th century library of Palácio Nacional de Mafra (PNM), in Lisbon, Portugal. This book of hours, named cofre no.24, has the manuscript’s original text block dated from ca. 1420 and three folios were added later, in the second half of the 15th century. The conservation decision was taken based on the study and full comprehension of the techniques and materials present in the book and bearing in mind the significance and the role of this symbolic book, throughout its life. The main aspects of diagnosis of the condition of the book are presented and the conservation treatment briefly described. The colours analysed reveal the artist’s original trace and no other alteration, reinforcing the proposed minimal intervention for the text block. As opposed, the binding of the late 18th/early 19th centuries was in very poor condition, requiring the rebinding of the whole book. Treatment decisions are raised and discussed, namely the choice of maintaining the binding found versus recovering old bookbinding features, as the main theme of an ongoing research.
AB - This paper discusses the ethical approach and decision making for the conservation of a French book of hours (cofre no.24), currently stored in the 18th century library of Palácio Nacional de Mafra (PNM), in Lisbon, Portugal. This book of hours, named cofre no.24, has the manuscript’s original text block dated from ca. 1420 and three folios were added later, in the second half of the 15th century. The conservation decision was taken based on the study and full comprehension of the techniques and materials present in the book and bearing in mind the significance and the role of this symbolic book, throughout its life. The main aspects of diagnosis of the condition of the book are presented and the conservation treatment briefly described. The colours analysed reveal the artist’s original trace and no other alteration, reinforcing the proposed minimal intervention for the text block. As opposed, the binding of the late 18th/early 19th centuries was in very poor condition, requiring the rebinding of the whole book. Treatment decisions are raised and discussed, namely the choice of maintaining the binding found versus recovering old bookbinding features, as the main theme of an ongoing research.
KW - Book of hours
KW - Bookbinding
KW - Pigment identification
KW - Silver leaf
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84934272444
VL - 11
SP - 129
EP - 140
JO - European Journal of Science and Technology
JF - European Journal of Science and Technology
SN - 1841-0464
IS - 2
ER -