Cercetare și restaurare-conservare textilă arheologică liturgică. Epitrahil, Mănăstirea Căpriana
Research and Restoration-Conservation of Archaeological Liturgical Textiles. Epitrachelion, Căpriana Monastery

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the research and restoration-conservation of the archaeological liturgical textile item Epitrachelion, found in the crypt of Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni from Căpriana Monastery. The restoration-conservation of the textiles discovered as a result of archaeological excavations always raises difficult issues because the underground conditions lead to important structural changes in the textile materials. Scientific research using modern means is essential for a proper evolution of the conservation-restoration process. The aim of scientific investigations is to know the structure of the object, its state of conservation, to identify the nature of the composing materials, the corrosion products, the biological degradations. Likewise, the undertaken studies show not only the structure of the object and its composing materials, but also its manufacturing techniques. This paper discusses two methods of analyses (XRF and FTIR) that were used in order to identify the composing materials, and the process of restoration-conservation of the item Epitrachelion. Using the newest and most modern methods of research and restoration-conservation allowed the museum valorisation of the item Epitrachelion, which is now part of the permanent exhibition of “St. Hierarch Gavriil” Museum of Căpriana Monastery.

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