MINIATURE SIZES MADE IN BOJ WOOD
There are only 135 known miniature box sizes that have been perplexing to art specialists around the world. Recently, researchers have assembled some of these small religious pieces from museums and private collections to further study their secrets and have found some very interesting answers.
It is believed that these wood carvings were made only for a short time, between 1500 and 1530, whether in Flanders or the Netherlands. The emergence of a new social class in Europe created a market demand for high quality portable religious sizes. However, soon the Reformation began and a lot of accessories related to the church went out of style, including miniature wooden box pieces.
The use of micro-CT analysis and advanced 3D analysis software has enabled researchers to discover how intricate these miniature altars really are. The inner layers are assembled, hiding the joints so completely, that only a microscope or an X-ray plate can detect them. The pieces also incorporate pins, smaller than a grass seed. However, most of the production process is still unknown, due to traces of gold and other decorative materials hidden from X-ray views
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