Friday 4 April 2014

First session: 9.30-11.30. Venue: Lecture Hall 22-0-11

Dalia Jonynaitė, Lithuanian Art Museum P. Gudynas Restoration Centre, Gintarė Latvytė, Daina Ragauskienė, Vilnius University: Mysteries of ‘cera di Spagna’: Investigation of historical wax seals in 16th- to 19th-century Lithuanian collections.

Lieve Watteeuw, KU Leuven, Illuminare, Research Centre for Medieval Arts, Marina Van Bos, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage: ‘Un tres beau psaultier, tout escript de letter d’or et d’azur’: A closer look at the Peterborough Psalter and its conservation.

Elżbieta Jabłońska, Małgorzata Pronobis-Gajdzis, Tomasz Kozielec, Department of Paper and Leather Conservation, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń: The 11th-century Gniezno Codex Aureus: Investigation and conservation.

Georgios Budalis, Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki: Iconographic evidence as a source of information for clarifying the structure, appearance and use of the early codex book around the Mediterranean Basin.

11.30-12.30: Lunch break

Second session: 12.30-14.30. Venue: Lecture Hall 22-0-11

Pamela Porter, former curator, British Library: Autographs and the art of friendship: Are manuscripts just for scholars?

Adriana Paolini, Fondazione del Museo Storico del Trentino: Writings from the Great War.

Frederick Bearman, University College London: Parchment booklets, the Royal Wardrobe and the Italian Connection: How the parchment booklet was adopted as an administrative tool in the reign of Edward I and Edward II.

Morgan Adams, Pine Tree Foundation Fellow, Thaw Conservation Center, Morgan Library & Museum, New York: Extraordinary ordinary: Physical evidence and treatment of a 17th-century heraldic manuscript.

Special visit: 15.00-17.00

Visit to CATS, Centre for Arts, Technological Studies and Conservation at the National Gallery of Denmark.

This visit is optional and special registration is required.