The Research of Papers to Restore the Waxed Volume in the Annals of Joseon Dynasty

조선왕조실록 밀납본 손상 복원을 위한 복원용지 탐색

  • Seo, Jin Ho (Division of Conservation Science, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage) ;
  • Jeong, So Young (Division of Conservation Science, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage) ;
  • Jeong, Seon Hwa (Division of Conservation Science, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
  • Received : 2007.03.09
  • Accepted : 2008.01.28
  • Published : 2008.04.10

Abstract

The annals of Joseon Dynasty is the most valuable resource containing the record of Korean history and has been known as one of the UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. There was a period that the annals of Joseon Dynasty was used with beeswax to control pests. It is considered as the prior reason of damage on the annals of Joseon Dynasty. Therefore, in this study we analysed the spectrum of traditional paper inside and outside of Korea, beeswax and accelerated artificial aging paper to restore the waxed volume in the annals of Joseon Dynasty by using FT-IR. As a result of FT-IR analysis, spectrum did not showed its big difference in all paper used in this study. However, there was a different spectrum in paper which was made with not Broussonetia kazinoki, but Echinochloa crus-galli var. frumentacea and Dioscorea batatas. Among traditional papers in various countries, spectrum of Korean paper showed the most similarity from the annals of Joseon Dynasty. In comparison between accelerated artificial aging paper and waxed volume, we could identify the change of spectrum affected by the damage.

조선왕조실록은 우리나라의 역사를 기록한 중요한 자료이며 세계기록문화유산이기도 하다. 조선왕조실록 제작 시 방충의 효과를 위해 밀랍을 사용한 시기가 있었으며, 이 때 제작된 조선왕조실록의 밀랍이 현재 조선왕조실록 손상의 주원인이 되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 조선왕조실록 밀랍본 손상에 대한 대책으로써 손상 복원용 한지 탐색의 일환으로 국내 및 국외 전통종이, 인공경화된 재현밀랍지에 대해 FT-IR을 이용한 표면분석을 실시하였다. 분석 결과, 전체적으로 종이에 대한 spectrum은 크게 차이를 보이지 않았으나, 기존의 종이원료로써 사용되던 Broussonetia kazinoki 외의 Echinochloa crus-galli var. frumentacea, Dioscorea batatas 등의 재료로 제조된 종이의 경우 spectrum의 차이를 나타냈다. 또한, 각국의 전통종이 중 한국종이가 가장 유사한 spectrum을 보였다. 인공경화된 재현밀랍지와 실록 밀랍본에 대한 비교 시 손상에 따른 spectrum 차이를 확인할 수 있었다.

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