Professional paper

Conservation and restoration treatment of book The Acts of the Apostles from Krupa Monastery

Lucija Ašler ; Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Stanislava Rakić-Mutak

Abstract

Paper presents specific structure of Byzantine binding, used to bind manuscript The Acts of the Apostles from Krupa Monastery. It wants to emphasize importance of knowledge about binding history, construction, materials used in traditional methods, and role of restorer in restoration process and selection of used methods. The goal of restoration process was to restore binding functionality and to restore pages to condition closest to the original. Restoration techniques were developed through treatment, and included manual restoration of pages, blocks sewing with original byzantine technique, and reconstruction of straps and book covers.

Keywords

Byzantine; structure; binding; conservation; reconstruction

Hrčak ID:

156690

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/156690

Publication date:

25.4.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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