Three hours in the illuminated manuscripts workshop

Your Sharer

The experience

I restore illuminated manuscripts. For three hours you follow me at the bench: the diagnosis of a leaf, the choice of a paper, the retouching of an illumination with the finest brush. A craft measured in millimetres and in centuries, and never seen from the outside.

The programme

1. 1

   The workshop, its light and its tools

2. 2

   The diagnosis of a damaged leaf

3. 3

   Consolidation gestures, demonstrated and explained

4. 4

   Retouching an illumination, with the brush

5. 5

   Your questions, over a coffee

What's included

• Access to a restoration workshop
• Guided handling of a facsimile
• My path and my training
• The realities of the job

Requirements

Good to know

• Duration3 hours
• Group1–3 guests
• LocationÎle-de-France
• LanguageEnglish

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