Konserwacja i restauracja ściennego tabernakulum (sakrarium o budowie skrzyniowej) z Marianki Pasłęckiej. I połowa XV wieku
Conservation and Restoration of the Church Tabernacle (Sacrarium in the Form of a Wooden Cabinet) from Marianka Pasłęcka – 1st Half of the 15th Century

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the issue of conservation and restoration of wooden elements of the cabinet construction of a church tabernacle and its decoration painted in the lean tempera technique. After the initial presentation of the object’s characteristics, technology of its creation, history and state of preservation, there is also a detailed description of treatment with some methods and means that were used during the conservation and restoration process. Furthermore, the work refers to some specific procedures of dealing with the strengthening of polychrome wooden boards with a weakened internal structure of wood, without the possibility of dismantling the artefact. Moreover, the article also describes the designed and implemented special aluminium outer construction that – embracing the whole church tabernacle from the outside - took over the load affecting the weakened structural joints. The description is complemented with the reference to the discussion on defining the extent of reconstruction of the Vir Dolorum painting located on the door of the tabernacle, where paint layer was damaged in more than 30%.

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