BADANIE XV-WIECZNEJ ODBITKI KSYLOGRAFICZNEJ TURRIS SAPIENTIAE JOHANNESA METENSISA

Abstrakt

In 2019, a 15th-century print entitled Th e Tower of Wisdom kept by the Kórnik Library in Poland was subjected to scientifi c examination. Th e main purpose of the examination of the hand-coloured image was the identifi cation of the technique of the application of the text and the illustrations. Th e conducted examination proved a thesis that it is an example of xylographic print. Moreover, the elemental composition of the paint layer was analysed, revealing no colours which were not used in the period of the object’s origin.