1969-1977 : Formation in the Art schools at Toulouse
3 years of speciality in copy of old manuscripts with Mr. Vernette
Copy an old manuscript.
The replacement by a copy of an original document which is damaged,
destroying itself or which obviously will worsen can be the only
solution when an operation of restoration does not have priority or is
unrealizable because of its cost, the qualified staff shortage or the
inexistence of a suitable treatment.
The copy carried out, the original can be:
(a) locked up carefully in a conditioning neutral and put at the shelter
under optimal climatic conditions until we found an economic
treatment: that is appropriate perfectly for the documents damaged but
sometimes also with the documents which are not entirely degraded and
whose deterioration can be stopped or slowed down by their
conservation under good conditions;
(b) given up with its fate without one losing the hope however to find a
means of economic treatment before it is not completely destroyed; or
(c) eliminated - although it is not the solution which readily an
archivist adopts, it happens that it is most reasonable; in many
cases, it is the inevitable result of the solution (b).
Copy to avoid damage which would have to be repaired.
In this case, substitution is a preventive measure to avoid damaging
well preserved but fragile documents, in good condition but prone to a
use or intensive handling or of the documents of a very great
intrinsic value. In such a case, the originals must be preserved and
stored in the suitable buildings.
In the case of a document having a great intrinsic value (a
enluminé old manuscript, the national constitution or an entirely
written letter of the hand of a historical character illustrates for
example), the best substitute is a facsimile of good quality.
Some works which were entrusted to me :
Institutions
Copies for American Congregational Library at Boston - USA
Medal bronzes for the Fourth centenary of the Edict of Nantes, for the Town hall of Montauban - France
Editions
Calligraphy for the "Sonnets of Michel-Angel", Editions of Art Les Heures Claires - France
Calligraphy for the "Sonnets of Petrarque", Editions of Art Les Heures Claires - France
Study of the characters of XVth and XVIth century for the creation of a modern nature
Cover of a book extracted Missale special of Constancy stored in Munich
Private Collections
Copy of a poem from parchment dating from XVIIth century - France
Copy of an extract of the astronomical calendar of 1447 in Gothic script - Switzerland
Copy of a psautier of Saint Martin de Tournai from 1105 - Switzerland
Manuscript with the goose feather on parchment for a private collector - France
Copy of an extract of the elegies of Properce of XVth century - Italy
Copy of a poem with a Caroline alphabet of Xth century - Belgium
Copy of a manuscript of IIXth century, Eugyppius in Latin writing - USA
Copy of a manuscript Itinerarium praedicationis of Cetri, Abbaye of Villers - Belgium
Copy of an extract of the Hours of Anjou of XIVth century - France
Copy and ornamentation of the newspaper of a plenipotentiary dynasty - from 1805 to 1905 - 2 volumes, 700 pages - France
