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By Zuzana Skálová

The first Project for the MIRU

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Wednesday 27 May 2009, by Icon Network

Cleaning and Reintegration of the 13th Century Icon
The First Project for the MIRU: Cleaning and Reintegration of the 13th Century Icon with Saint John the Baptist, Monastery of the Syrians, Wadi Natrun in Egypt
Saint John the Baptist
Saint John the Baptist
Photos: Z. Skálová

- Painted by a Byzantine-trained artist on a locally-crafted sycomore panel, later partly devoured by insects, the endangered icon (91×67×2 cm) was revitalised using the MIRU.
- The appalling state of the support made it possible to look through the sacred object and scrutinise in detail the otherwise hidden techniques peculiar to the Nile Valley.
- The rediscovered masterpiece was provided with a protective glassed maqsurat fashioned by Egyptian carpenters.


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