Consideraţii privind starea de conservare a artefactelor din metal şi piele de la Mănăstirea Căpriana

• Main Authors: Vornicu, Nicoleta
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Inst. Patrimoniului Cultural (IPC) 2017-10-01
• Series: Arta
• Subjects: conservation; metal; artifacts; leather; degradation; methods
• Online Access: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_MPkqI9kqE1LXdFV2g4NHRVbU0/view
• ISSN: 2345-1181; 2537-6136

The paper presents the results of the in situ conservation of the metal and leather artifacts discovered at the Capriana monastery. On August 25, 2016, metropolitan Vladimir, together with members of the BOM Synod, in the presence of a delegation of experts from Romania and Moldova, carried out the exhumation of the body of Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni from the crypt of the Church of the "Assumption" . At the initiative of the Ministry of Culture and with the care of Deputy Minister Gheorghe Postica, particular attention was paid to the artifacts that were part of the Metropolitan's clothing. At the time of discovering the crypt, the artifacts were extracted according to the methodological norms together with part of the corresponding soil. It ensures the keeping of a microclimate close to that in which they stay for a short period of time before pre-treatment treatments. The influence of the factors: temperature, air, light, humidity on the artifacts when passing from the anaerobic environment into the aerobic environment is presented. The leather as a perishable organic material required biological conservation treatment in situ after land removal. The leather artifacts consist of a boot sole, skin fragments – upper, skin and ankle fragments, skin fragments. The metallic artifacts are: pectoral cross, hand cross, textile accessories, coffin accessories, miter accessories. Metallic and collagen artefacts are currently undergoing complex, interdisciplinary research, to achieve the full scientific exploitation of the results obtained.