Conservation and Discovery (Hardcover)

A major conservation programme took place between 1998 and 2003 on one of Europe's greatest medieval painted wooden ceilings. Investigation and analysis were an integral part of this conservation workin the former Benedictine abbey church of Peterborough. The knowledge gained and the discoveries made during that time, as well as the conservation programme itself, are documented and fully illustrated here. Not just the marvellous nave ceiling, but the medieval roof structure that supported it and the transept wooden ceilings that preceded it feature in a story whch spans the period from the mid 12th centurfy into the 21st and saw many significant post-medieval interventions. Documentary history and iconography are freshly examined; structural and scientific studies (including tree-ring dating, paint analysis and environmental monitoring) afford new understanding of both the original works and later repairs.

General

Imprint:	Museum Of London Archaeology Service
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2015
Authors:	Jackie Hall
Dimensions:	307 x 216 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	193
ISBN-13:	978-1-907586-39-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General
LSN:	1-907586-39-3
Barcode:	9781907586392

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