Researcher: Paola Ricciardi

Department: Fitzwilliam Museum

Film maker: Alice Corner

The Colourful Page is a short experimental documentary exploring the research of conservation scientist Dr Paola Ricciardi, a Research Associate in the Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, UK. Her work is part of the MINIARE research project (www.miniare.org) and focuses on the technical analysis of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts with non-invasive analytical methods.