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Title:Care & Conservation of Manuscripts, Volume 9 : Proceedings of the Eighth International Seminar Held at the University of Copenhagen, 14th to 15th April 2005
Author:Gillian Fellows-Jensen & Peter Springborg (eds)
ISBN:8763505541 : 9788763505543
Illustrations:b/w photos
Format:Paperback
Size:165x235mm
Pages:250
Weight: .62 Kg.
Published:Museum Tusculanum Press - October 2006
List Price: 25 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Care & restoration of antiques: Antiques & collectables: books; manuscripts; ephem


Preface; Wooden bindings and tree-rings -- A conclusion; 'Publish or perish’. Early Arnamagnæan editions as a means to the care and conservation of manuscripts; The Persian miniature and its conservation; Documentation and conservation of an Islamic manuscript from the eleventh century; Preservation ethics and practical digitisation; Conservation of a thirteenth century Biblia Sacra Latine; The conservation of Parker MSS 16 and 26 ‘The Chronica Majora’; The story of the Prague fragment of St Mark’s gospel through fourteen centuries. A new approach to an established narrative; Report on a theft of books, a non-fiction detective story; Medieval Danish Bindings; Conservation of leather bindings damaged by mould; Man sieht nur das was man kennt -- Schadenphänomene in Inkunabeln ; Early care and conservation and the problems they produce; Preserving the past: England, Iceland and the movement of manuscripts; Low energy air conditioning of archives ; A Russian-Dutch project for the development of universal procedures for document heritage preservation and access; Exhibition conservation - Luxury or necessity; Museum Meermanno and the Missale Trajectense; Programme for the seminar; List of participants; Colour plates; List of illustrations; Index of manuscripts.