Color photograph of light skinned woman wearing a white lab coat; she is seated at a work table and looks up at the camera

Jana Dambrogio

Booth Family Rome Prize
September 3, 2007–August 1, 2008
Profession
Conservator, Document Conservation Laboratory, National Archives and Records Administration
Project title
A Technical Study of Northeastern Italian Monastic Legal and Accounting Documents and Bindings at the Vatican Secret Archives
Project description

At the American Academy in Rome, I will refine, supplement, and build upon research I began on a collection of northeastern Italian medieval and early modern monastic legal and accounting documents and bindings at the Vatican Secret Archives. This project will contribute to an understudied area for comparison with nonarchival structures that are well studied and documented. The information gathered from my research will contribute to conservators’ understanding of physical nuances of the unusual structures and provide a support for more historically informed treatment decisions.