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This study traces the history of the conservation of the Roman tomb in Silistra, unearthed in 1942. The earliest conservation works were led by experts from the National Museum, Sofia. A number of either unpublished or less known records attesting to the interventions and covering the trends in the preservation of the mural paintings at the tomb over the last seven decades are presented. The grave problems facing the protection of such monuments in this country are due to the flaws in the system of protection of Bulgaria’s heritage sites for want of a sustainable strategy. In such a discouraging context, entrusting the management of the tomb to Silistra Municipality in 2011 could prove to be a step in the right direction. From that moment onwards, local authorities in their own right, enlisting professional organizations and experts to help, have been able to initiate and coordinate all forthcoming initiatives related to the protection of this exceptional monument.
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Egyptian blue is one of the oldest synthetic pigments. It has a particular property – when excited in the visible spectrum to emit strong infra red radiation. The effect is called visible-induced luminescence (VIL). The luminescence of the pigment is so strong, that allows imaging of very small, sometimes almost invisible quantities in the paint. This non-invasive method for identification of the pigment is used in investigation and conservation of cultural properties. The publications on the subject to date are focused mainly on objects in museum collections. The article explores some practical aspects of the imaging of the VIL on wall paintings, both in-situ and in collection or storage. Two case studies are presented: the wall paintings in the late antique tomb in the town of Silistra – examination in situ, and a wall painting fragment from the so-called “Red Church” near the town of Perushtitsa – examination in conservation studio. Different equipment was used as alternative to the one in the publications to date. The results of the examination in the two case studies are compared. The use of different equipment and conditions of imaging are explained and evaluated. The results demonstrate that alternative equipment can be used successfully in VIL of Egyptian blue. The technique can facilitate the examination and documentation of the pigment in conservation of wall paintings and archaeological objects. The method is used for the first time in Bulgaria.
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Meštrija dobra umrtija and Ritual (The Art of Dying Well and Ritual) is one of the seven known publications of the Senj Glagolitic printing house, most likely published in 1507 or 1508. It has been preserved in two incomplete copies, one of which is part of the collection of Glagolitic manuscripts and printed matter of Ivan Berčić. Today it is kept in the Department of Rare Books of the Russian National Library in Saint Petersburg. Since that copy has not yet been prepared in a Latin transcription, and whilst the Latin transcription of the second preserved copy is about to be published, this paper provides a transliteration of those pages that are preserved only in Berčić’s copy. Whereby, the entire preserved text of the Meštrija dobra umrtija and Ritual will soon be available to the public.
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The paper is trying primarily to put together the life of Josef Volf, especially based on his personal memoirs, ego documents and personal documents that make part of his personal papers housed in the State Regional Archives in Prague. In the background of Volf’s life, it is possible to go through the most important events in the Czechoslovak history of the last century. The other perspective in the text is the “propagation” of the memoirs of Josef Volf as an information source for the history of the Austrian-Hungarian and Czechoslovak Gendarmerie, regional history of Benešov region, creation of the independent Czechoslovak state, microhistory of various parts of Slovakia in 1920s and 1930s and, last but not least, the history of agriculture and forestry archiving. Apart from this, thanks to Josef Volf, a lot of historical photographs with a priceless information value have been preserved till today.
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Slovinsko je sice malá země s jedním miliónem obyvatel, ale má zajímavé archivní fondy. Slovinská archivní síť je rozsáhlá a několika stupňová. Na prvním místě je tu centrální archiv Arhiv republike Slovenije (dále ARS), který má jako pobočku oddělení moderních slovinských dějin.
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The collections of the Kórnik Library include a copy of a printed Mszał gnieźnieński [Gniezno Missal] of 1555, protected by a binding with characteristic architectural decoration. Detailed analysis shows that the binding was made between 1558 and 1566 in a workshop of an anonymous bookbinder from Poznań, thus confirming the presence of the Italian thread in the Poznań bookbinding ornamentation of the Renaissance period. At the same time, it is the latest known example of Polish renaissance architectural binding. It also provides evidence that although this characteristic composition formula appeared in the repertoire of the Poznań bookbinders about twenty years later than in Kraków, it lasted longer. Worthy of attention is also the volume’s provenance related to Stanisław Warszewicki – his being “the most influential figure of the [Jesuit] Order after Skarga” in Poland. He is commemorated by a supralibros with Kuszaba coat-of-arms and the sigles “S V C P” pressed into the centre of the bottom part of the binding
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Digitalizacja prac malarskich, wykonanych w ramach projektu Cyfrowe udostępnianie zasobów Polskiej Akademii Nauk Biblioteki Kórnickiej, będącego częścią Programu Polska Cyfrowa1 , zwróciła uwagę władz Biblioteki na konieczność poddania ich przy tej okazji konserwacji. W tym celu konieczny okazał się demontaż dzieł (wyjęcie z opraw), wykonanie niezbędnych prac zabezpieczających oraz sporadycznie poprawa estetyki. Jednocześnie podjęto długofalową ochronę zabytków poprzez poprawę chemicznej struktury papieru oraz dokonanie takich zmian w systemie opraw, aby ułatwić dostęp do obiektów i umożliwić ich okresowe kontrole.
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The Erdélyi Museum in Cluj, the forerunner of the National Museum of History of Transylvania in Cluj‑Napoca, was established in 1859, at a peak moment in terms of interest in national history. Graphic portraits are an important sample of collections and motivation is given by the desire to draw educational directions in the knowledge of the general public. Researching the old museum collections we note that an essential element in the Transylvanian educational program was the promotion of the cult of the great historical and cultural personalities of Europe. This trend is particularly visible in the graphic arts where in the 19th century lithography was required, which offered the possibility of multiplying the prints at affordable costs. Characters belonging to Transylvanian space, culture and history were preferred, but the graphic collections also enjoy important European personalities.
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The paper shows foundation and development of four main Mostar heritage institutions in the first ten years after the Second World War. This is the period in which the Mostar Public Library, Mostar Homeland Museum, Mostar City Archive and the Directorate for the Protection and Maintenance of Cultural and Natural Monuments were formed. The first decade after the end of the war was taken as the framework for writing the paper due to the fact that the initiative to establish the Mostar Public Library was launched in 1945, and the mid-50s of the 20th century represents the consolidation phase of these institutions. We believe that the mentioned period, due to difficult working conditions, staff issues, political circumstances, undefined status, but also the success achieved by these institutions, represents a specific period in their development.
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The numerous cimelia of the Kórnik Library include Stanisław Sarnicki’s work Descriptio veteris ac novae Poloniae, printed by Aleksy Rodecki in Cracow in 1585. It is protected by a parchment binding with orientalising decoration marked with a supralibros dedicated by Jan Sienieński to King Stephen Báthory. In view of a scant number of the surviving bookbinding bathoriana, the paper provides a book cover-focused analysis of the work. It makes it possible to examine the binding against the Polish bookbinding art of the late 16th century, identify its maker, link it to other bindings of printed books from Báthory’s book collection, and picture the connections between the decoration of the covers and the illustrations of the publication the binding protected.
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Pamětníci odcházejí a s nimi i duch a zvyklosti z doby více než před 40 lety. A někdy je dobré si připomenout i lidský rozměr, který provázel ryze pracovní povinnost, profesní vystupování při kontrolních návštěvách spisoven, schvalování skartačních návrhů či metodických instruktážích a poradách u původců archivních fondů v rámci dnes běžně užívaného termínu předarchivní péče.
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The article provides an overview of the various projects, exhibitions, repairs, and collaborations of the museum. The author emphasizes the museum's responsibility to preserve and present the heritage of the Bohemian and Moravian Jews, as well as to educate the public about Jewish culture and history. The article also highlights the challenges and opportunities that the museum faces in the post-communist era, such as funding, taxation, acquisition, and research.
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The report on the latest acquisitions to the collection funds informs the public about traditional ritual objects, pictures and drawings acquired in the years 1981—1985.
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2024 marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption by the General Conference of UNESCO of one of the most important international cultural heritage treaties: The 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (“the 1954 Hague Convention”) and its First Protocol. Twenty-five years have also already passed since the adoption of its Second Protocol.
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A report on the activities of the State Jewish Museum in the field of restoration and conservation of historic relics.
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KARMA, founded in Trabzon (Türkiye) in 2011, brings together audio-visual archival materials from the Black Sea hinterland. The goal of this article is to promote the epistemological and institutional background and actions of KARMA with its short history, objectives, and current applications for digital preservation. In this context, we will present how KARMA adapts Latour’s actor-network theory, Deleuze and Guattari’s rhizome, and Akat's focus strategy model. We will also stress the importance of both micro and macro perspectives in order to understand the music cultures of the region through historical collections and new connections.
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Institute of Musicology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade possesses a comprehensive collection of manuscripts, copies and rare editions of Serbian music. The collection also contains textual documents, photographs and objects important for the national musical history. This study presents a history, review of the content and structure of the Institute’s Archive. Attention is focused on the most important documents in the Collection, also on the structure of users. Finally, author speaks about the actual problems in the Institute’s Archive.
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It was in 19671 when an exchange of manuscripts took place between Marciana National Library in Venice and Braidense National Library in Milan. According to it, the manuscript that had previously been inventoried as It. VII, 1274-1275 at Marciana, representing an 18th century copy of the former codices It. VII, 49-50, which in the meantime became Braidense AG X 15-16, was released to the Milanese library; in exchange the 15th century original was returned to Marciana2 . The librarians at Marciana did not operate the changings in the catalogues, so that nowadays what is in the inventories It. VII, 1274-1275 is exactly the original of the chronicle dated in the 16th century. As another result of this exchange, what the scholars have regarded around five decades ago as It. VII, 49-50 or Braidense AG X 15-16 is today in the inventory It. VII, 1274-1275. The using paper notes: “Cronaca Veneta ... Zancaruolo. 2 volume”, while the Marcian catalogue “Ital. VII.”, beside the title of “Cronaca Veneta supposta di Gasparo Zancaruolo, dall’origine della Città fino al 1446”, with reference to It. VII, 49-50, one could find the information that it had been “Ceduta alla Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense di Milano (in 1967)” and its provenience is from Girolamo Contarini.
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