BADANIE XV-WIECZNEJ ODBITKI KSYLOGRAFICZNEJ TURRIS SAPIENTIAE JOHANNESA METENSISA
EXAMINATION OF A 15TH-CENTURY XYLOGRAPHIC PRINT DEPICTING TURRIS SAPENTIAE BY JOHANNES METENSIS
Author(s): Tomasz Kozielec, Mirosław WachowiakSubject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Visual Arts, Archiving, Social history, 15th Century, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Biblioteka Kórnicka PAN
Keywords: xylographic print; The Tower of Wisdom; woodcut paint layer; Turris Sapientiae;
Summary/Abstract: In 2019, a 15th-century print entitled Th e Tower of Wisdom kept by the Kórnik Library in Poland was subjected to scientifi c examination. Th e main purpose of the examination of the hand-coloured image was the identifi cation of the technique of the application of the text and the illustrations. Th e conducted examination proved a thesis that it is an example of xylographic print. Moreover, the elemental composition of the paint layer was analysed, revealing no colours which were not used in the period of the object’s origin.
Journal: Pamiętnik Biblioteki Kórnickiej
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 37
- Page Range: 107-128
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish