32911
Accession Number
24331
Title Of Article Chaper
The examination and conservation treatment of the Library of Congress Harkness 1531 Huejotzingo Codex
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of the American Institute for Conservation
Volume
29
Issue
2
Pages
97-115
Collation
15 figs.
Reference Bibliography
bibliog.
ISSN
0197-1360
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Describes the technical examination and conservation treatment of an important manuscript from post-conquest Mexico that contains eight fold-out Nahuatl pictographs from Huejotzingo on native papers. Examination includes a study of the Native American and Western papers, inks, pigments, sewing structure, collation, and format. Conservation treatment of the text includes disbinding, treatment of the text with nonaqueous deacidification, reversal of silking, mending, and rebinding. Treatment of the drawings includes consolidation, flattening, and mending. An adaptation of the traditional technique of Mexican papermaking is used for mending the drawings. A study of early 16th-century bindings at the Archivo General de la Nación in Mexico City is used to aid in the design of the new binding for the Library of Congress manuscript.
Keywords
manuscripts;Mexico;pictographs;paper;Huejotzingo Codex;ink; pigment; Nahuatl;rebinding;consolidation
pub_id
32911