Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 9 Proceedings of the Ninth International Seminar Held at the University of Copenhagen 14th-15th April 2005

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.Fellows-Jensen, Gillian is the author of 'Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 9 Proceedings of the Ninth International Seminar Held at the University of Copenhagen 14th-15th April 2005', published 2006 under ISBN 9788763505543 and ISBN 8763505541.