| Abstract: | SUMMARIES. The surface structure of Byzantine parchment, that is often glossy and smooth in comparison with the more rough or velvety surface of occidental or Russian medieval parchment, is a point of constant interest to restorers as well as to historians of Byzantine art and to palaeographers. Investigation of five Greek manuscripts dated from 11"' to 14"' centuries revealed the presence of thin albuminous film on both sides of the parchment leaves. By means of histochemical and mi-crochemical analysis it was determined, that this film on base of egg white was plastisized by adding a mucus of vegetable origin, probably linseed extract. Interesting information was also obtained from the study of cross-sections of samples of different kinds of Greek parchment under electronic microscope. |
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