Structuri textile provenite din necropola bisericii Adormirea Maicii Domnului, Mănăstirea Căpriana. Cercetare și conservare-restaurare

Abstract

The archaeological research carried out at “The Assumption of the Virgin Mary” Church of Căpriana Monastery highlighted that starting with the 16th century a necropolis had been built in the pronaos and threshold of the church, including tombs of the boyar founders’ families. The archaeological inventory of the necropolis within “The Assumption of the Virgin Mary” Church contains also fragments of textile materials. The study of the archaeological textile materials of Căpriana Monastery, mainly the structure of the natural silk weavings and the chenille made by tablet weaving, respectively, led to the reconstitution of the techniques used to obtain these textile materials during the mediaeval period. This paper presents the research of several textile structures deriving from tomb no. 50, the Necropolis of “The Assumption of the Virgin Mary” Church, Căpriana Monastery. The paper also describes the process of conservation-restoration applied in the case of these textile structures. The conservationrestoration of the movable cultural heritage is firstly a matter of scientific research, compulsorily complemented by the intervention on the object using highly qualified methods of technical execution. A stage of major importance in the life of archaeological textiles, their conservation-restoration ensures the continuity of these slices of the history of mankind.