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PhD Fellowship in Conservation Studies, UiO

Contract: full-time, 3 years, minimum salary NOK 391.100 (GDP 43,800/USD 70,800) pa

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A doctoral research fellowship in Conservation Studies is available at the University of Oslo in the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History.

The fellowship will enable a researcher to undertake a project that contributes to the re-assessment of the university’s late-medieval collection of folding altarpieces, polychrome sculpture and painted crucifixes. The majority of the 65 objects in this collection are thought to have been imported to Norway from northern Germany and the Low Countries between 1400 and 1536. The task of the research fellow will be to characterize the materials found in a limited number of these objects and to apply this information to an historical account of their origins, their original context and the ways that they have been cared for since arriving in Norway.

The frontal from Komnes, Buskerud C3209

The frontal from Komnes, Buskerud, C 3209. H x w x d: 105 x 178 x 5.5 cm © KHM, UiO, Eirik Irgens Johnsen.

This relief frontal is dated to the early thirteenth century. The present polychrome paint scheme is secondary and may be dated to the seventeenth century. The monochrome matt surface of yellow, red and white differs significantly from its original appearance that would have been dominated by a glossy and golden effect resembling a work in metal.

Forum at the Historical Museum, University of Oslo

There will be published postprints from this conference. The program and updated information on the postprints will be available at the forum webpages.

Poster to IAQ 9th indoor meeting april 2010

Jeremy Hutchings (Associate professor IAKH) and myself presented this poster with the title Assessing the impact of the museum environment on polychrome sculpture & frontals in the Museum of Cultural History (Oslo) at the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) 9th conference  21-23 april på Château De Germolles, Chalon-sur-Saône, France. See homepages of the conference .

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The poster follows up the work with the title ‘Linking climate to observed damage – assessment of storage conditions for polychrome sculpture & frontals at Museum of Cultural History (KHM)‘ presented at the international workshop with the theme Allowable microclimatic variations in polychrome wood held at NIKU in february 2010.

Saddle remade as harness collar, provenance unknown (C35131)

 

Saddle remade as harness collar, C35131. The front before treatment. © KHM, UiO, Kaja Kollandsrud 2009.

 

Largest dimensions (h x b x d): 526 x 617 x 50 mm.

This object, dated to the thirteenth century, has been classified in the museum catalogue as a harness collar. Professor Torstein Sjøvold, of the University of Stockholm, is currently working from the theory that its original use was as the part of a horse saddle. It has been turned into a harness collar at a later date.

Our examinations show that originally this object was fully polychromed [painted in multiple colours].

 

 

The colours crudely blocked in based on surface observation under the microscope. The white areas indicating tin foil, probably covered with a yellow glaze for a golden effect © KHM, UiO, Kaja Kollandsrud 2010.

 

Poster for Allowable microclimatic variations in polychrome wood

Jeremy Hutchings (Associate professer IAKH) and myself presented this poster with the title ‘Linking climate to observed damage – assessment of storage conditions for polychrome sculpture & frontals at Museum of Cultural History (KHM)‘ in the international workshop with on the theme Allowable microclimatic variations in polychrome wood.

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The workshop was a joint event for COST Action IE0601 “Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural Heritage” og the research project “Establishing standards for allowable microclimatic variations for polychrome wood”, implemented by Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences i Krakow and The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) in Oslo.

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The workshop was held at NIKU 18-19 februar 2010 in Oslo.

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Program.