2nd International Meeting for Conservation & Documentation of Ecclesiastical Artefacts, December, 2016
2nd International Meeting for Conservation
& Documentation
of Ecclesiastical Artefacts
(IMCDEA)
ABSTRACTS
14th- 15th December, 2016
Zakynthos Island, Greece
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ORGANISED BY:
Technological Educational Institute of Ionian Islands
Department of Environmental Technologies
Division: Conservation of Cultural Heritage
and
Ecumenical Patriarchate
Theological School of Halki
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Committees
Organizing Committee:
Dr. Christos Karydis, TEI of Ionian Islands, Greece (Chair)
Assistant Professor Katerina Kabassi, TEI of Ionian Islands, Greece
Assistant Professor Adamantia Kampioti, TEI of Ionian Islands, Greece
Dr. Nikolas Sarris, TEI of Ionian Islands, Greece
Scientific Committee:
Assistant Professor Glykeria Chatzouli, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Prof. Ioannis Dragonas, TEI of Athens, Greece
Associate Professor Ioannis Karapanagiotis, University Ecclesiastical Academy of
Thessaloniki, Greece
Emeritus Professor Katerina Korre-Zografou, University of Athens, Greece
Dr. Christos Karydis, TEI of Ionian Islands, Greece
Assistant Professor George Kordis, University of Athens, Greece
Dr. Eleni Kouloumpi, National Gallery-Alexandros Soutzos Museum,Greece
Dr. Evangelos Kyriakidis, University of Kent, UK
Dr. Dimitris Lambakis, TEI of Ionian Islands &University Ecclesiastical Academy of
Thessaloniki, Greece
Mr. Christos Liondas, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, Greece
Dr. Panagiota Manti, University of Cardiff, UK
Dr. Artemios Oikonomou, University of Nottingham, UK
Professor Theodore Ganetsos, Piraeus University, Greece.
Assistant Professor Gerasimos Pavlogeorgatos, University of the Aegean, Greece
Prof. Ioannis Sianoudis, TEI of Athens, Greece
Dr. Sophia Sotiropoulou, Ormylia Art Diagnosis Centre, Greece
Assistant Professor, Ioanna Stoufi, University of Athens, Greece
Associate Professor Nikolaos Zacharias, University of Peloponnese, Greece
Honorary Committee:
Prof. Metropolitis Elpidophoros Lambriniadis, Turkey
Metropolitis Dodonis Chrysostomos, Greece
Stavros Baltogiannis, Greece
Design of the meeting posters & invitations:
Mr. Nikos Salamouris
Design of the meeting sign and webpage:
Dr.Christos Karydis & Dimitra Kagioglidou
Web site: http://imcdea20165.webnode.gr
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/groups/imcdea2016
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Meeting programme
14th December 2016
16:00
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17:4518:00
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18:1518:30
18:30
18:4519:00
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Registration at the Main Hall of the Theological School of Halki (Heybeliada)
Welcoming & Opening Ceremony at the main Hall of the Theological School
of Halki
Speakers:
- Metropolitan of Bursa, Professor Elpidophoros Lambriniadis,
- President of TEI of Ionian Islands, Professor Ioannis Dragonas,
- Head of the Department of Environmental Technology- Division
Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Ass. Professor Adamantia Kambioti
- Chair, Dr. Christos Karydis.
SESSION 1: Documentation, museums & ecclesiastical history
Chairpersons: Assistant Professor Glykeria Chatzouli & Dr. Evangelos
Kyriakidis
Maria-Xeni Garezou, Elena Glytsi, Stefanos Keramidas and Maria Pizga.
Ecclesiastic Museums and Heritage Protection: Challenges and Synergies
Aristoteles- Georgios Sakellariou. Developing capacities behind the scenes for
the care of religious art in Museums.
A. Agni Apostolidou. From the Church…to the museum, from the believer…to
the visitor.
Athina Tsigkaropoulou & Eleni Makridou. Recording and preserving
ecclesiastical religious objects in Iera Metropolis Kitros, Katerini & Platamonas.
Stylianos Perdikis. The Museum of Kykkos Monastery, an institution which
rescues and promotes the cultural treasures in Cyprus.
Coffee break/ Poster Session I
Nikolaos Graikos and Georgia Graikou. Observations about the types and the
preparation of painting surfaces in works of ecclesiastical paintings (19 th-early
20th century).
Dora Markatou. The depiction of „ouranies‟ in the Churches of the Ionian
Islands.
Christoforos Kourouzidis. Byzantine reliquary cross from Pan-Hellenic
Foundation of Panagia Soumela. Remarks on technique and iconography.
Sapho Tambaki. Icons, Saints ... and young children.
Educational Approaches.
Ianthi Assimakopoulou. Taking Jesus' body: a Renaissance motif and its
history.
Nikolaos Markozanis. The management of the Orthodox ecclesiastical art as a
liturgical and cultural value.
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15th December 2016
Morning session
11:00
11:0011:15
11:1511:30
11:3011:45
12:15
12:3012:45
12:4513:00
13:0013:15
13:1513:30
13:3013:45
13:50
13:5014:30
SESSION 2: Physicochemical analysis, materials & collections
Chairpersons: Professor Theodore Ganetsos & Dr. Artemios Oikonomou
Agathi- Anthoula Kaminari and Athina Alexopoulou. The contribution of nondestructive documentation and imaging techniques in the study of post
Byzantine icons.
George Karagiannis., Christos. Salpistis and Rev. Dimosthenis Demosthenous.
Application of 3D spectroscopic mapping imaging using the mobile laboratory
of “ORMYLIA” Foundation. The case of an icon of the Holy Archbishopric of
Cyprus.
Eleni Kouloumpi., Nikos Zacharias., Christos Karydis., Eleni Palamara.,
Afroditi Kamara., Alexandros Konstanta., Vaggelis Siokos and Alexandros
Floros. Integrated study for the phyicochemical characterisation of
ecclesiastical collections from the area of Taygetos, Greece.
Coffee break/ Poster Session II
Theodore Ganetsos., Panagiota Kopidou., Panagiota Skagou., Thomas Katsaros
and Afroditi Loukaiti. Identification of pigments using portable Raman on wall
paintings of St. Sophia or Odigitrias Church upper town of Monemvasia.
Sergios Sergiadis, Nikos Karagiannis and Ioannis Kotsalas. Byzantine fresco:
obsession or spiritual excess.
Stamatis Chondrogiannis. The sacristy of Monastery of St. Dionysiou at Mount
Athos: from preserving and exhibiting the holy relics to highlighting the
Monastery‟s architectural history.
Αdamantia Panagopoulou., Thothoris Tsirigotis, Dionysios Zafiropoulos and
Thothoris Ganetsos. Nondestructive physicochemical analysis and preventive
conservation of Zakynthian wall paintings: first view.
Archim. Dionysios Lykogiannis. The Church of St. Paraskevi in VolimaZakynthos. Archival and artistic imprints.
-Tour to the Theological School and to the Main Church
-End of the morning session
Round table
Chairpersons: Dr. Ch. Karydis & Ass. Professor Ad. Kambioti.
Lunch break
Afternoon session
17:0017:15
17:1517:30
SESSION 3: Interventive & Preventive Conservation, case studies
Chairpersons: Assistant Professor Adamantia Kampioti, Dr. Eleni Kouloumpi &
Dr. Nikolaos Sarris
Maria Margaritof and Dimitris Margaritof. Conservation of artefacts through
the eyes of Tasos Margaritof, the first certificated Conservator in Greece.
Important examples of all his work: the maintenance of encaustic Christ of
Sinai and the first removing successive layers of painting worldwide in 1962.
Maja Živić. Dionysus, opening and revelation of the soul. Restoration of mosaic
with the presentation of Dionysus at a feast from Felix Romuliana.
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17:3017:45
17:4518:00
18:0018:15.
18:15
18:3018:45
P. Çakar and S. Çumralı. Comparison of conservation and production
techniques of an Armenian manuscript and traditional islamic manuscripts.
Marianna Tesse. The French restoration: a comparison on the Italian approach.
The case of the Church of Saint Sulpice in Paris and the Andria‟s Cathedral,
South of Italy.
Evangelia Kyriazi., Christos Karydis., Stamatina Nera., Evangelia
Foustalieraki., Evrydiki Zachariou., Stauvroula Relaki., Kalliopi Trikoili.,
Antonia- Maria Patithra and Thomas Apostolou. Unwanted Ecclesiastical
Heritage: Ignorance and Neglect, Replacement and Destruction or Research,
Conservation, Reuse and Exhibition? The case of a rescued tabernacle
(artophorion).
Coffee break/ Poster Session III
19:0019:15
19:1519:30
Dimitrios Tsipotas., Katerina Kalamartzi., Maria Karta and Nikoletta
Giovanoglou. The Church of St. Athanasios in Chorouda, Holy Metropolis of
Lagada, Lete and Rentini prefecture, Thessaloniki. Preliminary report on the
application of the conservation procedures on the wooden constructions and
wall paintings.
Angeliki Stassinou and Penelope Banou. The conservation of a 16 th c. imprint
of the Holy Gospel printed in Venice from the collections of the General State
Archives of Greece.
Nikolas Sarris. Some Finishing Tools and Bindings from the Monastery of St.
Catherine, Sinai.
Panagiotis Spathis. Methodology and standards in preventive conservation of
cultural property.
19:3019:45
Maria Bratitsi. The conservation of the icon of the Holy Mother of God of
Ypseni from the island of Rhodes.
18:4519:00
Closing & remarks
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Posters
1. R. Alkhleef and Aik. Katsi. Management of ecclesiastical artefacts and social
economy.
2. O. Anastasiadou and N. Galanis. An alternative proposal of preservation of famous
paintings by students.
3. D. C. Barmpounis. The expression of the Supreme Idea in the Architecture of Hagia
Sophia.
4. P. Christidis., A. Konstanta., D. Karakatsanis., Ch. Galanopoulos., A. Alexiou and I.
Karapanagiotis. Physicochemical investigation and conservation of iconostasis of
the Church of the Annunciation of 19th century in Vrastama of Chalkidiki, Greece.
5. Marg. Dimitriadou. The Holy Monastery of Faneromeni (Salamis Island)
Religious and National Center: History and sacred relics
6. Anast-Soph.Dimopoulou., V. Datsioudis., E. Margariti., E.Theochari., S.
Xynarianou., E. Chouliaras and Al.Diamantakis. “Cultum” e-learning platform: An
educative web tool that raises awareness of the ecclesiastical museums and sites
7. D. Eliopoulos. Ecclesiastical Museums in Greece. A first approach.
8.M. Estadella -Colomé. Interdisciplinary approach in a preliminar research on wooden
baroque procesional tabernacles in the contemporary Catalonia, Spain.
9. S. Germanidou. The influence of byzantine art into modern painting (end of 19 th
first decades of 20th centuries): stylistic and iconographic affinities.
10. Ir. Hrakleous and Chr. Karydis. Documentation & preventive conservation of icons
and textiles of the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Leimonos in
Lesbos: Problems and solutions.
11. E. Lambi. Photosensitivity and preservation of modern Epitaphs: A first approach.
12. A. Oikonomou and E. Kouloumpi. Documentation of construction technique and
materials, conservation and restoration of an 18th century western-type Tabernacle
from Zakynthos.
13. K. Papakonstantinou., Chr. Karydis., E. Kouloumpi., N. Zacharias., A. Kamara.,
A. Konstanta., E. Palamara., A. Floros and V. Siokos. The study and conservation of
18th mid 19th c. Sanctification Cross from St. Catherine of Nedousa.
14. M. Psarianou. The enzymes‟ application in conservation of textiles items and their
use in Greece.
15. M. Rentina and Chr. Karydis. Recognition and identification of textile fibres of
Byzantine and Post-Byzantine icons from the Museum of Byzantine Culture in
Thessaloniki – Comparable study of the morphology of the fibres.
16. M. Sideri. Depiction and analysis of Makarismoi on icons.
17. A. Skyvalaki and T. Karafotias. Restoring a carved and gilded wooden iconostasis
of the 18th Century: Challenges and concerns in occasion of a puzzle of 198 pieces.
18. N. Stamatouroglou. Monumental Management of the Byzantine Parish Church of
Prophet Elijah at Thessaloniki (14th century), Greece.
19. K. Stefanaki. Orthodox Academy of Crete „Art & Churches‟.
20. G. Stergiou. Conservation and restoration of a double-sided ecclesiastical banner
from Saint Nicholas Church, Molista, Ioannina.
21. G. Stergiou., D. Lampakis., C. Stergiou., I. Karapanagiotis and V. Melfos.
Identification of pigments used in early 19h century icons from St. George Church,
Asvestochori, Thessaloniki, Greece.
22. Ath. Stogiannos. New technologies for the protection and the curating of
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ecclesiastical relics at Churches.
23. V. Touli., Eft. Papadopoulou and Arg. Koniditsiotis. Application of non-destructive
analytical and imaging techniques as part of a wall-paintings conservation project at
the St. Panteleymon Monastery in Agia, Larissa.
24. G. Tsairis and Our. Theodoropoulou. Restoration of the overly-extensive damages
caused to a post- Byzantine icon by the superimposition of a silver repousse cover,
along with a proposal on how the icon should be placed back (and treated as a cult
object) in the church where it belongs.
25. M. Tsiapali., S. Vivdenko., Ch. Tsangalidis and A. Konstanta. Multi -analytical
investigation of the mural painting‟s pigments of the Church of Saint Andrew
“Peristera”, Thessaloniki, Greece.
26. V. Tsinaridis and I. Karapanagiotis. Identification of inks and pigments in a
manuscript from the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
27. D. Tsipotas. Managing and communicating a conservation scheme of gilded
polychrome wood-carved work of art, utilizing “open source software applications”:
The case study of the sanctuary gates from a Οrthodox wood –screen in Northern
Greece.
28. F. Vasileiadou. Conservation Study and Management of relics of the Holy
Monastery of St. George Peristereota.
29. G. Velkos. Three valuable artefacts of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Olympiotissa
of Elassona.
30. Rev. V. Verginadis. Considerations for the maintenance and preservation of the
religious relics. The cases of remote Parish Churches.
31. E. Vlachou. The study and conservation of an18 th early 19th century of the wood
carved cross of the iconostasis in Kerkyra.
32. E. Lygnou., E. Vlaxou and A. Peppa. The conservation of an 19th century
oilpainting from the Church of St. Sergios, Vackhos and Ioustina in Kerkyra: The
Three Hierarchs.
33. N. Zacharias and A. Oikonomou. The development of glass industry during Late
Antiquity. The example of glass tesserae.
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Abstracts
SESSION 3: Interventive & Preventive Conservation, case studies
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Unwanted Ecclesiastical Heritage:
Ignorance and Neglect, Replacement and Destruction
or Research, Conservation, Reuse and Exhibition?
The case of a rescued tabernacle (artophorion)
E. Kyriazi1, Chr. Karydis2, S.Nera2, E. Foustalieraki2, E. Zachariou2,
S. Relaki2, K. Trikoili2, A. M. Patithra2 and Th. Apostolou2
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University of the Peloponnese, Laboratory of Archaeometry,
Department of History, Archaeology, and Cultural Resources Management,
Palaio Stratopedo – Anatoliko Kentro, Kalamata, 24100, Greece
kyriazievangelia@gmail.com
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A.TEI of Ionian Islands, Department of Environmental Technologists-Division of Conservation of Cultural
Heritage, Panagoula, Zakynthos, 29100, Greece
Keywords: artophorion, wood, gilding, conservation, overpainting
Abstract
Quite commonly, “worn”, “old”, “rusty” and “rotten” ecclesiastical and litourgical objects
end up unwanted and disposed of, burnt or burried following the customs of Eastern Orthodox
Church, and replaced by modern ones lacking the artistic and historical value of their predecessors.
This paper discusses research, conservation, reuse and exhibition as alternatives to neglect,
replacement and destruction.
The case study of this paper is a wood-carved church tabernacle or artophorion discovered
in a tavern on a Greek island. Its small door was spotted hanging on a wall of a private museum a
few kilometres away. The object was identified by the abbot of a local monastery as originally
placed on the altar of a small glebe church, serving to keep the reserved sacrament. The tabernacle,
reunited with its door, was transported to the TEI of Ionian Islands for study and conservation upon
request of the abbot.
The external appearance of the tabernacle gave few clues about its original grandeur. Similar
objects were often shaped like miniature churches with a cross on their top, and whether wrought of
precious metals or wood-carved, they were usually elaborately decorated or gilded. However, this
artophorion was nearly entirely covered in white paint; the cross that used to ornate its top and
some of its relief decorative elements were missing, and some wooden additions had been loosely
nailed on the carved decorative buttresses of its facade. Careful study of the object resulted in a
better understanding of its construction materials and methodology. Cleaning tests and sampling
indicated that the object had been over-painted several times. Conservation, which is currently in
progress, has been revealing a burnished, water gilded artefact of great beauty and craftsmanship
that deserves to be treated in respect for what it represents in terms of religion and aesthetic
excellence.
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