LEONARDO VISITS ROME
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=Standard><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma" lang=EN-GB>The transfer to Rome required special precautions, a <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">carabiniere</I> escort and astronomic insurance cover, but was deemed necessary because the unique portrait has suffered serious deterioration over the centuries and the Central Institute for Restoration and Preservation of the Patrimony of Archives and Books, Rome (ICRCPAL), is the world's top authority on the delicate art of saving ancient documents and drawings.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=Standard><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma" lang=EN-GB>The arrival of the Leonardo sketch, protected by a fireproof case capable of resisting temperatures of up to 200 degrees, was described as “an exciting event” by Maria Cristina Misiti, the Istitute director, who explained that it would be subjected to a complete check-up with the Institute's ultra-sophisticated equipment with view to evaluating possible restoration processes. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=Standard><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma" lang=EN-GB>Restoration work will be undertaken by Institution experts in the autumn.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=Standard><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma" lang=EN-GB>Other documents restored by the Institute in 2011: Cavour’s Parchment, Aldo Moro’s 11 letters (the Italian politician assassinated by the Red Brigades in the 1970s) and the ancient <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Manoscritto</I> <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Colletario</I> of the Medieval Civic Museum of Bologna. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=Standard><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma" lang=EN-GB>For information about the Institute’s work: </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><A href="http://www.icpal.beniculturale.it/"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><FONT color=#0000ff>www.icpal.beniculturale.it</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma" lang=EN-GB> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
Posted on 08 Apr 2012 by Editor
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