Journal
STUDIES IN CONSERVATION
Volume 64, Issue 1, Pages 42-53Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00393630.2018.1481352
Keywords
Painting manual; conservation; Dionysius of Fourna; Hermeneia; manuscript; pigment; gilding; SEM-EDX; XRF
Funding
- State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) [2016-050-0503-7689]
- European Union (European Social Fund-ESF)
- Greek national funds through the action entitled 'Reinforcement of Postdoctoral Researchers of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) 2014-2020 [2016-050-0503-7689]
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Post-medieval Greek painting manuals, exemplified by the Hermeneia of the Art of Painting by Dionysius of Fourna, were often copied, enriched, and widely used in icon-painter workshops until the twentieth century. These manuals reflect the accumulated experience of many generations of painters and include sections that pertain to preparation and application of materials and handling of works. Here we present, discuss, and, in some cases, compare with pertinent western instructions and experimental findings (deriving from the analysis of icons and wall paintings), key Greek manual instructions for sound practice, and practical conservation of paintings. Instructions in consideration come from both the published version of Hermeneia and various unpublished manuals; it is shown that the first part of the widely circulating standard edition of Dionysius is by no means an exhaustive account of post-Byzantine technical knowledge.
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