Holiday Party/Meeting
Friday, December 14, 2001
Conservation and Digital Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest
| Holiday Party/Meeting Friday, December 14, 2001 Conservation and Digital Imaging of the Archimedes Palimpsest |
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| Speaker: | Abigail Quandt
| Head of Book and Paper Conservation | Senior Conservator of Manuscripts and Rare Books The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore, MD. |
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This is the Chicago Section ACS/Chicago Chemists Club Annual Holiday party/meeting. At this event, everyone is a chemist (either practicing or honorary)! Come join in the celebration with all your fellow chemists. So, in addition to our technical program, Santa will be bringing gifts! ENJOY!
We are asking you to also bring a gift!!! Please bring some canned food or other non-perishable food that we, as the ACS, can donate to a charity for needy people in the Chicagoland area. Let's share our good fortune in the spirit of the season. THANKS!!
Abstract: A parchment manuscript now on deposit at the Walters Art Museum, which was written in Greek in the 10th c., contains seven treatises by the famous mathematician and thinker, Archimedes. In the 12th c. the manuscript was taken apart and the old writings were scraped off and reused to make a Christian prayer book. This palimpsest containing the works of Archimedes remained unknown to the scientific world until 1906 when the faintly visible text was transcribed and published by a Danish philologist. The manuscript then disappeared again until 1998 when it was sold at auction to an American collector. He then brought it to the Walters with the intention of having the condition of the manuscript stabilized and the Archimedes text digitized for later distribution to interested scholars worldwide. This lecture will describe the contents of the palimpsest, its physical condition, and the conservation treatment that has been undertaken so far on the manuscript. The efforts that are being made to digitally capture and transcribe the Archimedes text will also be discussed.
Speaker Information:
Abigail Quandt received an M.Sc. and Diploma in Conservation from the Winterthur University of Delaware Art Conservation Program in 1982, after having completed a third year internship in rare book conservation at the Library of Congress. This was followed by an advanced internship at Trinity College Library, Dublin from 1982-1984, and a brief period of study with the English bookbinder and conservator, Roger Powell. Ms. Quandt first began working at the Walters Art Museum in early 1984 as a visiting manuscripts conservator, and then joined the staff of the museum in 1989. Ms. Quandt specializes in the conservation of illuminated manuscripts on parchment and has lectured and published on this and related topics. Sponsored by the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies and the former Conservation Analytical Laboratory (now Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education), Ms. Quandt has taught a five day course on parchment conservation for practicing book and paper conservators. She was also the co-compiler of a chapter on parchment for the AIC Paper Conservation Catalog, published in 1994. Currently the Head of Book and Paper Conservation and Senior Conservator of Manuscripts and Rare Books at the Walters Art Museum, Ms. Quandt also serves as a consultant to other American and European institutions with collections of parchment manuscripts.
Date:
Friday, December 14, 2000Social Hour: 6:00 - 7:00 PM | Location:
Monastero's Ristorante |
Reservations: (847) 647-8405
or, REGISTER ON LINE !
From Chicago:
Take I-94 (Edens Expressway) north to Peterson Avenue. Exit east. Go north on Cicero Avenue to Devon Avenue. Proceed east on Devon to the restaurant. The restaurant is ½ block east of Crawford/Pulaski Avenue and on the south side of the street.From the North:
Take I-94 (Edens Expressway) south to Touhy Ave. Exit east. Go south on Cicero Avenue to Devon Ave. Proceed on Devon to the restaurant. The restaurant is ½ block east of Crawford/Pulaski Avenue.From the West:
Take I-90 to the Nagle north exit. Go to Devon Ave. Turn east on Devon and proceed to the restaurant.
Parking: The restaurant has convenient, free valet parking.
Fresh Fruit cup
Fresh Tossed Salad with choice of dressing
choice of either Roast Tenderloin of Beef Medallions or Broiled Filet of Salmon
baked potatoes with assorted fresh vegetables
rolls and butter
Torta Gelata (a special Italian desert)
a glass of wine in addition to the usual beverage
The vegetarian entrée is Spinach Lasagna and is available upon request at the time of reservation.