Medalioane pictate și galoane textile – componente ale mitrei mitropolitului Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni. Cercetare și restaurare-conservare

The subject of this article is the research and restoration-preservation of four painted medallions and the textile galleons on their outline, component parts of the mitre of Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni. The miter was discovered during the archaeological research that took place on August 25, 2016, at the Monastery of Căpriana, Republic of Moldova, in the context of the canonization of the high hierarch by the Orthodox Church of Moldova. Four medallions, saved through restoration-conservation, are oval in shape and measure 4.5×6.5 cm. They are made of a natural silk fabric, miniaturally painted in oil colours and varnished with a varnish based on natural resins. For protection, a small transparent foil has been sewn onto the front, framed on the edge by a textile braid, which has an aesthetic role, made of natural silk thread on which is wrapped a silver metal band with traces of gilding. The research and restoration-preservation of these miniature paintings from an archaeological environment is a first for specialists involved in the restoration-preservation of artefacts taken from the crypt of Metropolitan Gavriil Bănulescu-Bodoni, from the Căpriana Monastery, Republic of Moldova.