Parchment Document, 1702

Parchment document – unfolded prior to treatment. The faded cream parchment has multiple areas of damage including a loss in the upper right middle. The parchment is hand illustrated at the top and the calligraphy is in black ink spanning across the bottom section of the parchment. There is an engraving style print of a woman in the top left corner.

Identification

  • Object Type: Parchment Document
  • Date: 1702
  • Origin: England
  • Owner: Louth Museum
  • Maker: Unknown
  • Measurements: 
    • Length (unfolded with seal strap outstretched): 85 cm
    • Wdith (unfolded): 7.5 cm
    • Thickness: 0.04 cm
  • Materials: Parchment, inks

Summary

This object is a large parchment recovery/land title document dating to 1702. It features a large block of text written in Latin and a number of incredibly detailed illustrations of mythical creatures in the header. It also has a portrait of Queen Anne and the title “Anna Dei Gratia Anglia Scotia” – translating to ‘Anna (Queen Anne), by the grace of God, of England and Scotland’. Treatment mainly involved humidification flattening as it had previously been stored folded up. 

Behind the Scenes

Parchment document – unfolded prior to treatment. The faded cream parchment has multiple areas of damage including a loss in the upper right middle. The parchment is hand illustrated at the top and the calligraphy is in black ink spanning across the bottom section of the parchment. There is an engraving style print of a woman in the top left corner.
Document before treatment.
Parchment Document – black ink illustration depicting a faun stabbing a lion with a spear. Additionally, a repair infill to a tear on top right corner over the body of the lion illustration.
Ink illustration depicting faun stabbing a lion with a spear, located on the top right of the object.
Parchment Document – object after conservation treatment.
Document after treatment.

The conservator who treated this object is Robert, click on the profile to learn more.

Note: All images were taken by the conservator unless stated otherwise.

Rob, a white man in his early 20s with medium length brown hair, a short beard and round glasses. He is sat facing the camera whilst smiling and looking off to his right. He is wearing a dark long-sleeve shirt with a small silver leaf pin on the front. The photo is in black and white.

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