In 2016, conservation-restoration interventions were carried out on the Capital which is exhibited in room 12 of the Museum, on the occasion of its presentation at the exhibition:  THE PILLARS OF EUROPE. The Middle Ages in the collection of the British Museum  (Caixa Fòrum Madrid, Barcelona and Zaragoza, October 2016 - October 2017)

Capital

End of the twelfth century

Carved stone

59.5 x 65 x 39 cm

MFM 45

The conservation-restoration process has made it possible to determine more accurately the original and reconstructed elements, allowing the quality of the carving of the original areas in a good state of conservation to be appreciated. Thus, on the left side we find the most well-preserved area, except for the knight's head and body which have been reconstructed, the rest, the dragon, the sword, the architecture and the knight's legs are original and are in a very good state of preservation given that they were covered by a wall in their last architectural location.

A preliminary examination has been carried out using level light, ultraviolet light and observation under the stereoscopic microscope, in order to be able to determine the original elements and the reconstructed ones.

The conservation-restoration interventions have been the following:

. Punctual consolidation of weak elements of the stone support.

. Cleaning of surface dirt and removal of pastes from crude reconstructions of the support carried out in previous restoration interventions, which distorted the unity of the set and in certain areas covered original carved elements.