33745
Accession Number
13981
Title Of Article Chaper
Preservation and display of single parchment leaves and fragments
Title Of Journal Book
International Conference on the Conservation of Library and Archive Materials and the Graphic Arts, Cambridge, 22-26 September 1980: abstracts and preprints
Pages
113-119
Publisher
Institute for Paper Conservation. Society of Archivists
Publisher City
London
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
International Conference on the Conservation of Library and Archive Materials
Meeting City
Cambridge
Abstract
Brief historical background to the dismemberment of manuscript volumes and the existence in collections of numerous single leaves and fragments. Some characteristics of parchment are described and the requirements of good matting design and technique given.
Keywords
Parchment, conservation; Parchment, material; Archive, document conservation; Parchment, mounting
pub_id
33745
Meeting Date
19800922-19800926