Book conservation involves a tough decision making regarding usability and long term preservation handling.
Sometimes we are dealing with fragmentology, or disjecta membra (fragments of written supports are re-used as part of a binding, with a diverse purpose from the first use) whereas in other cases the purpose is the same, and the whole binding is being recycled to bind a different book.
Incunabula and manuscripts with laced-case and limp vellum bindings are studied. Continue reading →
Event: INTACH lectures. Organization: INTACH, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage. Lecture: Reversibility in book and paper conservation. It is in fact a revisiting of the same lecture given at the Cores Symposium, organized by Syntrawest, Vlaanderen Departement Cultuur, Jeugd … Continue reading →
Organization: Icon Book and Paper Group (London). Webinar series #ConservationTogetherAtHome Lecture: Conservation of Impregnated Tracing Paper. This lecture was held first in the Hague (Netherlands), in the Symposium Technical Drawings and Reproductions, organized by Restauratoren Nederland (October 2014). The study … Continue reading →
Owner: Regional Archive of Baix Ebre (Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain). Artefact: Two medieval manuscripts on rag paper and limp vellum binding. The sewing thread is made of rolled parchment, sewn with independent knots onto inner parchment stays. One of them onto … Continue reading →
Owner: Regional Archive of Baix Empordà (La Bisbal, Girona, Spain), Government of Catalonia. Object: Two stationery manuscripts on laid paper. They have limp vellum bindings with tacketing onto exterior leather supports (see heading image). Both with flaps, are sewn on … Continue reading →
COURSES > Introduction to paper conservation Workshop: Introduction to paper conservation. Organized by: Sentmenat Muncipal Archive (Barcelona, Spain) Teached by: Rita Udina. Subscriptions: Library Frederic Alfonso i Orfila, Sentmenat (Barcelona, Spain). Venue: Library Frederic Alfonso i Orfila, Sentmenat (Barcelona, Spain). Fee: … Continue reading →
Owner: Can Pedrals Library (Granollers, Spain), Diputació de Barcelona. Object: Over 300 parchment manuscripts from different dates. Damages: Folds, wrinkles, cockling, tears, losses, superficial grim and dirt. Conservation treatment: Dry cleaning, flattening, consolidation of weakened areas, housing. Old sewn repairs … Continue reading →
Owner: Association of Architects of Catalonia (CoAC). Commissioned by: ICO Foundation (Madrid, Spain). Object: Tracing paper and onion-skin plans. Proejct of the Montecarlo Palace and desing for Wütrich house in Papagayo (Canary Islands). Author: Fernando Higueras, Spanish architect. Damages: Fragmented … Continue reading →
COURSES > Housing & framing photographs for exhibition Course: Preservation, Conservation and Digitization of Photographs. Teachers: Pep Parer, Esther Llorca, Pitu Pérez, Ferran Torrella & Rita Udina Workshop: Housing and Mounting Photographs for Exhibition (22nd March). Program: Program and other details. Project: Workshop … Continue reading →
Event: Cores Symposium. Dilemmas: Between cherishing damage and cleaning up this mess. Restorers, collection managers and researchers on conservation and restoration. Lecture: Reversible vs Irreversible. Organization: Syntrawest, Vlaanderen Departement Cultuur, Jeugd en media Venue: State Archives, Brugge (Belgium). Audience: Paper conservators, curators, historians, librarians, archivists. … Continue reading →
Owner: Diputació de Barcelona. Object: Archive holdings and stationery bindings damaged by mould. Damages: Losses and stains due to mold and insects. Cockling, stains, dirt. Conservation treatment: Mold treatment, cleaning, consolidation of damaged areas. New binding of the damaged books.
Owner: Barcelona Municipal Archive (Sants-Montjuïc District). Artefact: Two large scale lithographic posters about the Catalonia Cycling Tour from Sants Sports Club. Also some other smaller posters and a printed brochure about the Tour.
Date: 7th october 2014. Place: Nationaal Archive (Den Haag, Netherlands).
Owner: Association of Architects of Catalonia (CoAC). Object: Drawings on pencil and watercolour of the romanesque monastery of Sant Pere de Roda (Girona, Spain). Author: Architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. Date: 1905
Owner: Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat (Barcelona) Object: Publicacions periòdiques culturals, satíriques i científiques de l’hemeroteca.
