Problemy konserwacji wczesnośredniowiecznych reliktów gipsowych

• Authors: Zalewski Władysław , Stec Mieczysław

Title variants

EN

Problems of the Conservation of Early Mediaeval Gypsum Relics

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper deals with conservation problems caused by early mediaeval antiquities composed of anhydrous gypsum plaster, a material often applied during this period in Polish and German territories. Our experiences are based on the conservation in situ of two objects. The first is an engraved surface of a floor in the crypt of the collegiate church in Wiślica (the region of Kielce). The middle part of the floor depicts Piast princes, symbolic animals and ornaments, and dates from the years 1170-1177. The second object is a tomb plate from ca. 1000, situated under the northern aisle of the cathedral in Gniezno; the extant three-quarters of the object are covered with an engraved inscription (Carolingian minuscule). Both monuments were discovered in 1959-1960 during excavations carried out as part of activities commemorating the millennium of the Polish state; the work was conducted by a Research Team on Mediaeval Poland (Wiślica) and the Management of Research into the Beginnings of the Polish State (Gniezno). A similar technique was applied in both cases; the two objects share a similar history prior to and following their discovery in the course of archeological excavations. Owing to their destruction and state of preservation they require highly untypical conservation. The negative aftermath of previous restoration forced the programme selected by the authors to take into consideration the hazards posed by excessive humidity and opt for the application of other conservation material. As a result, fundamental conservation was performed by using solely natural gypsum derivatives. Work in Wiślica and Gniezno was carried out in 1982-1987 and 1990, respectively.

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1995
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 54-59

Dates

published

1995

Contributors

author

Zalewski Władysław

author

Stec Mieczysław

References

• W. Antoniewicz, Głos w dyskusji (w:) Zespoł Badań... Sprawozdanie 1962, s. 106.
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• W. Zalewski, Uwagi na temat problemow konserwatorskich rytowanei posadzki w krypcie kolegiaty wiśclickiei, „Ochrona Zabytkow” 1966, nr 2 (73), s. 80-82.
• T. Kawiak, Gipsum mortars from a twelfth-century church in Wiślica, Poland, „Studies in Conservation” 36, 1991, s. 142-150.

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ISSN

0029-8247