DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Godlewski, Włodzimierz; Parandowska, Ewa: Naqlun: excavations 1996
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41241#0099
selected with respect to this painting is known in conservation
terminology under the Italian term aqua sporca - "dirty water".
North wall
The disintegrating process of the painted layers on this wall,
caused by rain water and salt efflorescences, has been cut short
following the renovation and reconstruction in 1994 of the
structures adjacent to this wall. The murals were subjected to a
repeated minute examination from the point of view of
conservation. It was found that after a recent remodelling of the
roof combined with a new pitching, the painting in the eastern end
of the wall (St. Theodoros?) was spattered all over with bitumen
spots. Mechanical and chemical means were employed to remove
the spots and to clean the surface once again. In some places it was
necessary to replace rough putties and re-plaster the coarse surface.
Color integration completed the final treatment.
North sacristy
A renovation of the sanctuary in 1995 uncovered two mural
fragments (bottom parts of a number of standing figures on the
north wall and an archangel on the southern one) that were now
subjected to a full conservation treatment including cleaning,
consolidation and color integration.
All the stages of the conservation process were recorded by
means of color photography.
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terminology under the Italian term aqua sporca - "dirty water".
North wall
The disintegrating process of the painted layers on this wall,
caused by rain water and salt efflorescences, has been cut short
following the renovation and reconstruction in 1994 of the
structures adjacent to this wall. The murals were subjected to a
repeated minute examination from the point of view of
conservation. It was found that after a recent remodelling of the
roof combined with a new pitching, the painting in the eastern end
of the wall (St. Theodoros?) was spattered all over with bitumen
spots. Mechanical and chemical means were employed to remove
the spots and to clean the surface once again. In some places it was
necessary to replace rough putties and re-plaster the coarse surface.
Color integration completed the final treatment.
North sacristy
A renovation of the sanctuary in 1995 uncovered two mural
fragments (bottom parts of a number of standing figures on the
north wall and an archangel on the southern one) that were now
subjected to a full conservation treatment including cleaning,
consolidation and color integration.
All the stages of the conservation process were recorded by
means of color photography.
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