By comparing two medieval polychrome sculptures of a combined enthroned Virgin and nativity scene, important and hitherto unnoticed stages in their object biographies can be described. Provenance and attribution are addressed by virtue of stylistic and material comparisons, and the sculptures’ wider iconographic, social, historical and spatial contexts are outlined. The article demonstrates how conservation science investigations feed into knowledge regarding the sculptures’ material composition, use, transformation and treatment histories. Thus, the applicability of the conservator’s approach to examining objects and shedding light on wider historical contexts is outlined by virtue of this case study.

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木刻传记：两个中世纪维尔京雕塑的人生转折点

通过比较在位的维京和耶稣降生场景结合在一起的两个中世纪彩色雕塑，可以描述其对象传记中重要且迄今未注意到的阶段。出处和归因通过风格和材料的比较来解决，并概述了雕塑的广泛的意象，社会，历史和空间环境。这篇文章展示了保护科学的研究如何吸收有关雕塑材料构成，使用，转化和处理历史的知识。因此，通过此案例研究概述了保护者检查对象和在更广阔的历史背景上的光芒的方法的适用性。