44479
Editor
Todd, Victoria
Title Of Article Chaper
The Worcester Pilgrim project
Title Of Journal Book
Conservation today: papers presented at the UKIC 30th Anniversary Conference 1988
Pages
112-116
Collation
4 photos, 1 drawing
Reference Bibliography
8 refs.
Publisher
United Kingdom Institute of Conservation
Publisher City
London
ISBN
1-87165-601-X
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Conservation Today : the UKIC 30th Anniversary Conference 1988
Meeting City
London
Meeting Country
England
Abstract
Excavations at the Worcester Cathedral in 1987 uncovered the grave of a pilgrim. Skin, bones, a wooden staff, dried plant, and textile remains were found, along with a pair of knee-length boots made of thin leather. The York Archaeological Trust's investigative conservation project on these remains is described here in some detail. The body was dismantled, the parts painstakingly recorded, wrapped, and packaged to be disbursed to specialists for examination and analysis. The separated elements of the boots were cleaned, reinforced, consolidated with PEG 600, reconditioned by humidification, relubricated, reshaped, and reassembled. The staff was cleaned, stabilized, and reconstructed. No conservation was attempted on the very degraded textile fragments. The project report is not yet complete, but contains further information on the cockle shell, the skeletal remains, soft tissues, environmental evidence, dating, possibly to the late 15th century, and further personal identification evidence.
Keywords
Worcester Cathedral;burial;bone;textile;plant;leather;York Archaeological Trust;dating;burial practice;forensics;grid;boot; Bondina; non-woven polyester;Pliantex;Genklene;castor oil;white spirit; Sohxlet extraction;PEG 600;Bavon ASAK ABP;wood;staff;SEM; cockle shell;treatment;soft tissue;interim report -- CAL
pub_id
44479
Meeting Date
19881010-19881014