Egypt
British Museum (Janet Ambers)
The British Museum's fascinating ongoing investigation of the Norwich Shroud, with photos.
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Egypt
Further investigations into the Norwich Shroud
British Museum (Janet Ambers)
The British Museum's fascinating ongoing investigation of the Norwich Shroud, with photos.
With the shroud unfolded for the first time (although still in need of much conservation attention) David Saunders, Keeper of Conservation and Scientific Research, Emma Passmore, Mellon Research Fellow, Caroline Cartwright, scientist, and I made our first visit to see what had been revealed on the inner surface.
David has a longstanding interest in the use of imaging techniques to enhance and investigate painted surfaces, and our main objective was to examine areas where text has been applied.
Using specialist cameras, we took both infrared and ultraviolet images of the shroud. Infrared reflectography is often employed in research into paintings to reveal initial sketches under the final images. For the shroud, it will make the black text clearer. This will help John Taylor with his interpretation of the hieroglyphs while the conservators continue to treat the shroud, and also allow the hieroglyphs to be published clearly for international scholars.
- The Future Of The Norwich Shroud
British Museum (Faye Kalloniatis) Well, this will be the final blog entry for the Norwich shroud and what a way we’ve come over the past few months As the project got underway, one highlight followed another. The first was the initial unrolling, when...
- Conserving The Norwich Shroud
British Museum (Melina Plottu) As an intern in the textile studio of the British museum, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to work on the Norwich shroud conservation project. This began in January, and I have been working with the team since...
- More On The Norwich Shroud - Ancient Egyptian Spells For A High-ranking Lady
British Museum (John Taylor) In the last few weeks the shroud of Ipu has given up more – but not all – of its secrets. A close comparison of the piece belonging to Norwich Castle Museum with a photograph of the portions in the Cairo Museum has shown...
- Opening Up The Norwich Shroud
British Museum (Deborah Phipps) Deborah Phipps is conservator, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service (NMAS). Another fascinating installment, with some more great photos. This is the latest in a series of posts about the unfolding of the Norwich shroud,...
- Egyptian Textile At Norwich Museum Investigated
British Museum Blog (Faye Kalloniatis) The rather unprepossessing museum storage box with its crumpled heap of ancient linen, had sat in the Norwich Castle stores for nearly a century. I became aware of it in 1999 when the Castle Museum was being refurbished...