The Conservation of Medieval Pigments

Dr Kenyon explains that some colours were attached to parchment using rather than oil.

The presence of could indicate exceptional expense in a manuscript.

Conservators may learn about storage conditions from in the wooden boards of a book.

One major threat to painted pages is , because it can make layers expand at different rates.

Pigment analysis can reveal information about as well as artistic technique.

Later users sometimes left that help scholars reconstruct how a manuscript was read.

The speaker describes the manuscript page as a , not simply as a finished artwork.

Restoration choices affect , because they influence what viewers believe the past looked like.

Dr Kenyon concludes that good conservation requires when deciding how much damage to hide.