Restoring the Royal Society's medieval calendar | The Royal Society
Channel: The Royal Society
Date: 27/01/2023

This mystery medieval calendar has been in the Royal Society's archive for about 350 years, simply labeled 'a very curious almanack' Join us for the restoration and discover the secrets hidden in its (sometimes poisonous!) pigments.

#restoration #chemistry #history #medieval 

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Find out more with about our almanac on @googleartsculture  https://artsandculture.google.com/story/6QVxDXpcN2LcMQ

Read our blog about the pigments found on the manuscript: https://royalsociety.org/blog/2023/01/colours-of-the-seasons/ 

Conservation carried out with the support of the National Manuscripts Conservation Trust

Thanks to 'Team Pigment' members Professor Andrew Beeby, Professor Richard Gameson (Durham University) and Kate Nicholson (Northumbria University), and to Sayaka Fukada, book and paper conservator.

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