{"id":7585,"date":"2020-04-17T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=7585"},"modified":"2020-04-17T10:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T09:25:00","slug":"from-the-nile-banks-to-laser-machines-making-a-papyrus-facsimile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/from-the-nile-banks-to-laser-machines-making-a-papyrus-facsimile\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Nile Banks to Laser Machines: Making a Papyrus Facsimile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many precious facsimiles pass through our hands each week, but when we unwrapped <strong>CM Editores<\/strong>&#8216; replica of the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/papyrus-ani-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\">Papyrus of Ani<\/a><\/strong>, our minds became flooded with questions on how it was produced. Directors <strong>Pedro Iribarnegaray<\/strong>and <strong>Daniel D\u00edez<\/strong> were happy to answer all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/facsimile-edition-02-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/facsimile-edition-02-1-750x750.jpg\" alt=\"My friends Daniel and Pedro, directors of CM Editores\" class=\"wp-image-7286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/facsimile-edition-02-1-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/facsimile-edition-02-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/facsimile-edition-02-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/facsimile-edition-02-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hl aligncenter\"><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span>In October 2019 Pedro, Daniel, and I met at the <strong>Frankfurt Book Fair<\/strong>, where they proudly showed me their Papyrus Ani facsimile<span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Giovanni: How did you come up with the idea of producing a facsimile of the Papyrus Ani? Did it stem from a passion or were you inspired by something in particular?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daniel: We&#8217;ve always wanted to reproduce a book that was not just famous, but also surrounded by a certain amount of <strong>mystery<\/strong>, and the <strong>Papyrus Ani <\/strong>has it all: <strong>Egypt<\/strong>, <strong>life<\/strong> and <strong>death<\/strong>, <strong>art<\/strong>, <strong>history<\/strong>, and paintings worthy of the tombs of any powerful Egyptian pharaoh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_100343-768x576-750x563.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_100343-768x576-750x563.jpg\" alt=\"Making the Papyrus Ani facsimile\" data-id=\"7670\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=7670\" class=\"wp-image-7670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_100343-768x576-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_100343-768x576-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_100343-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_102613-768x576-750x563.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_102613-768x576-750x563.jpg\" alt=\"Making the Papyrus Ani facsimile\" data-id=\"7671\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=7671\" class=\"wp-image-7671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_102613-768x576-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_102613-768x576-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_102613-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_121040-768x576-1-750x563.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_121040-768x576-1-750x563.jpg\" alt=\"Making the Papyrus Ani facsimile\" data-id=\"7672\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=7672\" class=\"wp-image-7672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_121040-768x576-1-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_121040-768x576-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_20190124_121040-768x576-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Giovanni: How did you obtain HD images of the Papyrus Ani?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pedro: By negotiating rights with the <strong>British Museum<\/strong>. They had a few 20\u00d725 cm slides of the Papyrus which had been scanned with (now obsolete) mid-90s equipment, and in spite of their great quality they were not useful for our project. So we asked the museum staff to scan the original slides a second time with modern, <strong>first-class equipment<\/strong> (6400 ppp optical scanners), resulting in images that were 100 times better both in terms of size and quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-07-750x357.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Papyrus Ani facsimile\" class=\"wp-image-7655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-07-750x357.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-07-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-07-768x365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-07.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Egypt <\/strong>is the only country in the world where papyrus is grown and processed the same way as it was <strong>4000 years ago<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>G: Which experts did you consult to obtain all information on the papyrus?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-04-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-04-1-750x750.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Papyrus Ani facsimile\" class=\"wp-image-7685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-04-1-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-04-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-04-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-04-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>D: We consulted <strong>Ignacio Ares<\/strong>, an Egyptologist and journalist, probably Spain&#8217;s greatest expert on ancient Egypt, and <strong>Zahi Hawass<\/strong>, former Egyptian Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs, a renowned archaeologist and Egyptologist, and possibly the <strong>world\u2019s greatest expert<\/strong> on ancient Egypt. At the beginning of our project we also talked to another acclaimed Spanish Egyptologist, <strong>Jose Ramon Accino<\/strong>, who helped us but could not join the project due to other commitments. We also visited the <strong>Egyptian Museum in Turin<\/strong>, which holds another exemplar of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/book-of-the-dead-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Book of the Dead (opens in a new tab)\">Book of the Dead<\/a><\/strong>, which is very long but lacks the magnificent scenes of the <em>Papyrus Ani<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hl aligncenter\"><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span>The papyrus plant is harvested in the month of <strong>June<\/strong> on the banks of the <strong>Nile<\/strong> and its tributaries<span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>G: How and where did you find natural papyrus folios? Did you use special ones to print the facsimile? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-05-750x1199.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Papyrus Ani facsimile\" class=\"wp-image-7675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-05-750x1199.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-05-300x480.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-05-768x1228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-05.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>P: This was one of the most complicated processes, because being completely faithful to the original meant finding the original material, that is, <strong>papyrus<\/strong>. We are used to working with many different kinds of paper \u2013 most of which are Italian \u2013 and using a live support such as papyrus proved an even <strong>greater challenge<\/strong>. We sourced the papyrus <strong>directly from Egypt<\/strong>, since it is the only country in the world where the papyrus plant is grown and processed <strong>the same way as it was 4000 years ago<\/strong> as writing material. Our supplier manufactures them especially for us, because we need sheets that are more than <strong>twice as large<\/strong> as what is commonly produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>G: What are the main phases of papyrus production and how long does it take to print on?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D: First of all, papyrus isn\u2019t produced all year long. It is harvested in June on the banks of the <strong>Nile<\/strong> and its tributaries, so the number of facsimiles we are able to make depends on whether the <strong>harvest<\/strong> has been good or bad. Once enough<strong> papyrus sheets<\/strong> have been manufactured, they are sent to <strong>Spain<\/strong>, where we check them one by one and send them to the <strong>printing company<\/strong>. Here they are printed on with <strong>special ink<\/strong> and dried with <strong>ultraviolet rays<\/strong> to prevent the papyrus from absorbing ink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Traditional cutters and milling machines <strong>tore apart the fiber <\/strong>of the papyrus because they are made for handling materials like <strong>metal<\/strong> and <strong>steel<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, we make <strong>holes<\/strong> into it using<strong> laser cutting<\/strong> to match the <strong>layout<\/strong>, <strong>tears<\/strong>, and <strong>scratches<\/strong> of the original document. Lasers can reproduce details as small as <strong>one thousandth of a millimeter<\/strong> (one micrometer). We usually produce 4-5 copies every 10 days, but if we consider the time our supplier in Cairo needs to make the sheets, the whole process can take up to <strong>5 or 6 months<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-09-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-09-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Papyrus Ani facsimile\" data-id=\"7680\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=7680\" class=\"wp-image-7680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-09-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-09-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-09-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-09.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-02-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-02-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Papyrus Ani facsimile\" data-id=\"7678\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=7678\" class=\"wp-image-7678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-02-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>G: Did you discover anything interesting or peculiar during the production?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P: We didn\u2019t expect that <strong>sourcing papyrus <\/strong>would be so difficult. Paper, although rare, is available right away or in a short amount of time because it is constantly being produced. But once all the papyrus sheets have been used, there are none left until the next shipment. A further challenge was reproducing the <strong>hue<\/strong> of the <strong>original papyrus background<\/strong>, which underwent changes because it has been kept rolled up for <strong>thousands of years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-01-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-01-2-1-750x313.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of the Papyrus Ani facsimile\" class=\"wp-image-7709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-01-2-1-750x313.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-01-2-1-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-01-2-1-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/papyrus-ani-facsimile-edition-01-2-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>G: Which steps proved the most difficult? Which part was the hardest to reproduce?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D: The hardest part was probably reproducing and <strong>punching the holes<\/strong>. When we tried doing it with traditional printing techniques the result was terrible, lacking in detail and very poorly defined. <strong>Traditional cutters <\/strong>and milling machines did not prove successful even after many tries, because they <strong>tore apart the fiber <\/strong>of the papyrus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We needed to cut the papyrus in a way that would not impair its surface, and the only possible technique was <strong>laser<\/strong>. We had to buy laser equipment specifically for this job, as the ones that are commonly sold are <strong>too powerful<\/strong> because they are made for handling <strong>metal<\/strong> and <strong>steel<\/strong>. On the other hand, the Co2 machines, used for marking and engraving plates, were too small for papyruses of the size we use. So we had to find a manufacturer that sold a <strong>specific model<\/strong> for what we were doing, and after <strong>one year <\/strong>of searching, we finally found it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How challenging is it to produce a papyrus facsimile? In this interview, CM Editores tell us all about how they managed to replicate a two-millennia-old treasure that merges ancient Egyptian figurative art and afterlife beliefs: the Papyrus Ani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[487,269,465,267,484,266,488,485,486],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>From the Nile Banks to Laser Machines: Making a Papyrus Facsimile<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/from-the-nile-banks-to-laser-machines-making-a-papyrus-facsimile\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From the Nile Banks to Laser Machines: Making a Papyrus Facsimile\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How challenging is it to produce a papyrus facsimile? 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