A conference entitled “Preservation of the Trecento murals”, organised by the Barcelona History Museum with the cooperation of the Royal Monastery of St. Mary of Pedralbes, was held on the 29th and 30th of November 2012. The conference focused on the painting technique used in the execution of several important groups of murals during that period. The aim was to contextualise the characteristics of St. Michael’s chapel in the Pedralbes Monastery so that the comprehensive conservation work could be undertaken based on a better understanding not only of this work, but also the experience of other restorations.

Those in charge of the conservation and restoration of the murals in the Peruzzi chapel (1325?) and the Maggiore chapel (1380-1390) in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, and in the chapel of Saint Blaise (1390?) in the Primate Cathedral of Toledo, presented the results of their research and projects in the different sessions. For our part, the team working on the “Murals in the spotlight” project in Barcelona presented the work we have carried out on the murals in St. Michael’s chapel (1346).