Ethiopian Manuscript Maywäyni 041 with Added Miniature: Codicological and Technological Analysis
Author(s) -
Jacek Tomaszewski,
Ewa Balicka-Witakowska,
Grażyna Zofa Żukowska
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annales d ethiopie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2077-0820
pISSN - 0066-2127
DOI - 10.3406/ethio.2014.1560
Subject(s) - humanities , art , art history
Ethiopian Manuscript Maywäyni 041 with Added Miniature : Codicological and Technological Analysis The paper concerns the 18th century manuscript of the Miracles of Mary, belonging to the collection of the monastery Maywayni (Tigray), digitised in 2011 within the frame of the Endangered Archives Programme (EAP 526), supported by Arcadia Foundation. This 18th century manuscript is decorated with a drawing, contemporary with the text, and with an additional, 15th century miniature (both depicting Mary with Child). The manuscript was analysed from the codicological point of view and special attention was paid the binding and its repairs reviling the practices of local binding tradition. Finally, the pigments of the miniature were identified using the non-destructive methods of μ-Raman and (FTIR)-spectroscopy.Cet article est dédié à l'analyse d'un manuscrit de la collection monastique de Maywäyni (Tigray), numérisé dans le cadre du programme Endangered Archives en 2011 (EAP 526). Ce manuscrit datant du XVIII e siècle est orné de deux représentations de la Vierge à l'Enfant : un dessin contemporain de sa fabrication, ainsi qu''une miniature du XV e siècle. Une analyse codicologique de ce manuscrit est réalisée, avec une attention toute particulière sur les techniques de reliure et les restaurations qui y ont été apportées. Les pigments et colorants de la miniature ont été analysées au moyen des techniques physico-chimiques de μ-Raman et (FTIR)-spectroscopie.Tomaszewski Jacek, Balicka-witakowska Ewa, Zofa Żukowska Grażyna. Ethiopian Manuscript Maywäyni 041 with Added Miniature: Codicological and Technological Analysis. In: Annales d'Ethiopie. Volume 29, année 2014. pp. 97-117
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