The St.Asaph Cathedral,built around 1200,is the smallest cathedral in UK. Recently renovation work as started to build new toilets,meeting rooms,possibly a cafe and so on. In the course of digging,the workmen have found the graves of two Bishops from the 16th & 18th centuries.(don't know what else will be discovered in time to come). I have been requested to take some photos of the headstones- with the coat of arms, plus the inscription. The coat of arms is not difficult and they can be seen very well but the inscriptions are rather faded and very weak. They have also been carved into a black metal sort of stone. As the inscriptions are the most important as it tells you who the Bishops are and when they died etc etc, I am wondering how I can get the lettering to stand out. I thought of sprinkling white chalk dust into the lettering or what remains of it so that one can read what is written. It must be borned in mind that whatever is sprinkled etc should be washed off after the photos have been taken as the originality of the inscriptions should not be changed.
This is a first for me and any help and advice from the more experienced and expert members will be much appreciated.
Many thanks
Nat
This is a first for me and any help and advice from the more experienced and expert members will be much appreciated.
Many thanks
Nat
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