Conservation of Metal, Paper and Textile Ecclesiastical Artifacts
Project type/s:
Conservation and documentation of historical artifacts
Location:
Division Conservation of Antiquities & Works of Art at the Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece
Funding:
Balkan Heritage Foundation
Project started / Status:
2017 / Ongoing
There is a Balkan Heritage Field School affiliated with this project.
Project Description:
The project for conservation and restoration of textile, paper and metal ecclesiastical artifacts carried out in the labs of the Division Conservation of Antiquities & Works of Art at the Ionian University began in 2017 with the financial support of the Balkan Heritage Foundation. Since then numerous artifacts from various museums throughout Greece have been restored. Beside their conservation and restoration, documentation and scientific analyses such as optical microscopy, XRF and XRD have been conducted.
Artifacts:
The artifacts: Ecclesiastical textile, paper and metal objects belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church, dating from the 18th – 20th century.
Team and Partners:
Project team:
- Assoc. Prof. Christos Karydis (Conservator, Ionian University)
- Dr. Angela Pencheva (Balkan Heritage Foundation & Field School Program Director)
Lecturers:
- Assoc. Professor Dr. Christos Karydis – Conservator of Works of Art and Antiquities, Ionian University
- Dr. Nikolas Sarris – Conservator of paper & archive materials, National Library of Greece
- Dr. Adamantia Panagopoulou – Conservator of Antiquities; Post-Doc Researcher in archaeological materials at Barcelona University in Spain with ‘NCSR’ Demokritos in Greece; Leiden University in the Netherlands.
- Аsst. Prof. Panagiota Manti – Ionian University
Project partners: Ionian University – Department of Environment, New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria
Readings:
Paper
- AIC -The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. 1994. Paper Conservation Catalogue – Book and Paper Group. 9th edition
- Bausi, A., Witakowski, W., Sokolinski, E., Borbone, P. G., Briquel-Chatonnet, F., Buzi, P., Gippert, J., Macé, C., Maniaci, M., Melissakis, Z., Parodi, L. E., & Studies, C. O. M. 2015. Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies: An Introduction., Chapter 5 (Sarris, N et al): pp.539-581
- Clarkson, C. 1978. The conservation of early books in codex form: A personal approach: Part I. The Paper Conservator, 3(1), 33–50.
- Hamburg, D. 1992. Library and Archival Collections. Pp.52-63 in Caring For Your Collections (H. Whelchel, ed.). New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Holden, M. 1992. A Programmatic Approach, Archives Preservation Update. American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Book and Paper Group Annual, vol. 11:159-162.
- Hunter, D. 1978. Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft, 3rd ed. New York, NY: Dover Publications
- Jones, M. 1978. Traditional repair of archival documents. In The Paper Conservator (Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 9–17).
- Szirmai, J. A. 1999. The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding. Aldershot: Ashgate.
- Wilsted, T. and W. Nolte. 1991. Managing Archival and Manuscript Repositories. Chicago, IL: The Society of American Archivists
Textile
- Catling, D and Grayson, J. 2004. Identification of Vegetable Fibres. London: Archetype.
- Cardon, D. 2007. Natural Dyes – Sources, Tradition, Technology, Science. London: Archetype.
- Carr, D., Cruthers, N., Smith, C and Myers, T. 2008. Identification of Selected Vegetable Textile Fibres. Reviews in Conservation, Vol. 9, 75- 87.
- Greaves, PH and Saville, B.P. 1995. Microscopy of Textile Fibres. Oxford: Bios Scientific Publishers.
- Karydis, C. 2010. The Orthodox Christian Sakkos. Ecclesiastical Garments dating to the 15th- 20th c. from the Holy Mountain of Athos. Collection Survey, Scientific Analysis & Preventive Conservation. Oxford: Archaeopress British Archaeological Reports.
- Karydis,C., Siatou, A and Karabotsos, A. 2009. The Garment of an Byzantine Emperor from Mount Athos: Observation & Analysis. In: TECHNART 2009,Non-destructive and Microanalytical Techniques in Art and Cultural Heritage, Athens, 27 – 30 April 2009.
- Pinniger, D. 2008. Pest Management in Museums, Archives and Historic Houses (Re printed). London: Archetype.
- Rogerson, C and Eastop, D. 1999. The Application of Cross- Sections in the Analysis of Historic Textiles, The Conservator, Vol. 23, 49-56.
- Staniforth, S (edit). 2013. Historical perspectives on preventive conservation. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
- Timar- Balazsy and Eastop, D. 1999. Chemical Principles of Textile Conservation. London: Butterworth-Heinemann.
- Woodfin, W. 2012. The embodied Icon: Liturgical vestments and sacramental power in Byzantium. Oxford: University Press.
Metal
- Scott, D., Podany, J and Considine, B (edit). 1994. Ancient & Historic Metals conservation & scientific research. Proceedings of a Symposium on Ancient and Historic Metals organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Conservation Institute, November 1991.
- Hammilton. D. Methods of Conserving Archaeological Material from Underwater Sites. http://nautarch.tamu.edu/CRL/conservationmanual
- Scott, D. 1991. Metallography and microstructure of ancient and historic metals.http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/metallography_microstructure.html
- Cronyn, J.M. 1990. The elements of archaeological conservation.
- Burhke V., Jenkins R., Smith D, 1997, A Practical Guide for the Preparation of Specimens for X-Ray Fluorescence and X-Ray Diffraction Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, New York.
- Cowley ed. J.M, 1993. Electron Diffraction Techniques, IUCR, Oxford University Press.
- Ferraro J., Nakamoto K., 1994. Introductory Raman Spectroscopy, Academic Press, Boston.
- Stuart Barbara H., 2007. Analytical Techniques in Material Conservation, John Wiley & Sons, Athens.
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