Conservators are preparing this chunky little breviary for the forthcoming exhibition “Pages from th
Conservators are preparing this chunky little breviary for the forthcoming exhibition “Pages from the Past”. The damage to the binding reveals a lot about its construction. The treatment will stabilize the binding for use without obscuring this structural information. Here we see the manuscript’s spine, plus new and original sewing supports and flanges. (Crossposted from the Houghton Library Instagram account.)MS Lat 129Houghton Library, Harvard University -- source link
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