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Conservation of three volumes in the Cambridge University Press Archive

Posted on 29 September 2021 by CUL Conservation

Imagine having to file your financial year-end invoices in one of these mammoth volumes! The Cambridge University Press Archive contains three oversize ‘stationery’ bindings that […]

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Archives, Cambridge University Press Archive, Conservation

The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Medieval Eastern Mediterranean Binding Model – Part 1.

Posted on 7 October 2019 by CUL Conservation

Welcome to another Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Conservation blogpost. Since our last update on conserving fragments we have made great progress with the treatment of […]

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Conservation, Manuscripts, Medieval manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Polonsky Greek, Special Collections

A previously unrecorded sewing technique from the 12th Century.

Posted on 11 April 2019 by CUL Conservation

Posted on 11/04/2019 by Jim Bloxam A new essay, by Jim Bloxam and Shaun Thompson, has been published in Suave Mechanicals: Essays in the History of […]

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Conservation, Manuscripts, Special Collections

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