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Conservation of books

Conservation of books
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ISBN 0367754908 (hardcover)
9780367754907 (hardcover)
Title Conservation of books / edited by Abigail Bainbridge
Publisher Abingdon, Oxon. ; New York : Routledge, 2023
Physical desc. xxxiii, 700 pages ; illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series Routledge series in conservation and museology
Note CB illustrations: back cover ('silk and metallic thread chevron-pattern endband', In 12).
References to CB manuscripts: p. 84 (Heb 761); p. 85 (Heb 772).
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction / Abigail Bainbridge -- Section 1: Book structure and history. The birth of the codex / Georgios Boudalis, Julia Miller, and Minah Song -- Eastern Mediterranean bindings. Coptic bindings / Georgios Boudalis and Francisco H. Trujillo -- Ethiopic bindings / Nikolas Sarris and Marco di Bella -- Islamic bindings / Kristine Rose-Beers, Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes, Karin Scheper, and Nil Baydar -- Armenian bindings / Yasmeen Khan and Tamara Ohanyan -- Byzantine bindings / Georgios Boudalis and Nikolas Sarris -- Syriac bindings / Karin Scheper and François Vinourd -- Georgian bindings / Maria Kalligerou -- Samaritan bindings / Julia Poirier -- Jewish bindings / Julia Poirier -- South-Asian bindings. Indic bindings / Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes -- Tibetan bindings / Agniesżka Helman-Ważny -- Kashmiri bindings / Jasdip Singh Dhillon -- Sikh bindings / Jasdip Singh Dhillon -- East-Asian bindings. Chinese bindings / Robert Minte and Emma Lau -- Korean bindings / Minah Song -- Japanese bindings / Kyoko Kusunoki and Mito Matsumaru -- Southeast Asian bindings. Upper mainland Southeast Asian bindings / Agniesżka Helman-Ważny -- Indonesian bindings / Karin Scheper -- European bindings. Manuscripts in the pre-printing era / Élodie Lévêque -- Printed books / Melissa Tedone and Roger S. Williams -- Stationery bindings / Holly Smith, Katerina Williams, and Sonja Schwoll -- Albums and scrapbooks / Jane Rutherston and Olivia Primanis -- North American bindings (present-day Canada and United States) / Julia Miller and Consuela (Chela) Metzger -- Latin American bindings / Martha Elena Romero Ramírez and María Ángela Silvetti -- Section 2: Bookbinding materials and their degradation. Introduction to bookbinding materials and their degradation / Abigail Bainbridge -- Materials and identification. Papyrus / Marieka Kaye -- Skin / Tuuli Kasso and Samuel Johns -- Textiles / Joanne Hackett -- Paper. Introduction / Agniesżka Helman-Ważny and Abigail Bainbridge -- East Asian handmade paper / Minah Song -- Tibetan, Nepalese, and South Asian handmade paper / Agniesżka Helman-Ważny and Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes -- Handmade papers of Central Asia, Western Asia (Middle East), and North Africa / Fiona McLees -- European handmade paper / Abigail Bainbridge -- Machine-made paper / Kimberly Kwan and Abigail Bainbridge -- Paper-based boards / Anne Hillam -- Wood / Roger S. Williams and Tristram Bainbridge -- Birch bark / Agniesżka Helman-Ważny -- Palm leaves / Agniesżka Helman-Ważny -- Metals / Erin Hammeke, Zora Sanders, and Camila Zanon Paglione -- Adhesives / Bronwen Glover and Mito Matsumaru -- Manuscript media / Cheryl Porter -- East Asian manuscript and printing inks / Minah Song -- Pre-industrial Western printing inks, c.1450–1850 / Elizabeth Savage and Linda Stiber Morenus -- The ten agents of deterioration / Caroline Bendix and Tiffany Eng Moore -- Polymers and their degradation / Norman Billingham, Barry Knight, Paul Garside, and David Mills -- Section 3: Approaches to conservation. Introduction to approaches to conservation / Melissa Tedone -- Decision-making / William Bennett and Lauren Moon-Schott -- Conservation in context / Lauren Moon-Schott and Fiona McLees -- Previous treatments / Lauren Moon-Schott -- Social, cultural, and religious considerations in conservation decision-making / Fletcher Durant and Bethany Goodman -- Section 4: Preventive conservation. Introduction to preventive conservation / Fletcher Durant -- Boxing, storage, and transportation. Preservation enclosures for books and manuscripts / Bridget Mitchell and Abigail Bainbridge -- Storage of books / Bridget Mitchell and Abigail Bainbridge -- Transportation of books / Lang Ngo -- Exhibition of books / Alexa McNaught-Reynolds -- Digitisation / Samantha Cawson and Jessica Pollard -- Section 5: Techniques of conservation. Introduction to techniques of conservation / Melissa Tedone -- Conservation documentation / Alberto Campagnolo -- Material-based treatments. Papyrus treatment / Marieka Kaye -- Parchment treatment / Élodie Lévêque and Cédric Levière -- Leather treatment / Jen Anderson -- Paper treatment / Abigail Bainbridge, Kimberly Kwan, Tiffany Eng Moore, and Kristine Rose-Beers -- Media treatment / Kristine Rose-Beers -- Conservation treatment concerns for printing inks on paper / Linda Stiber Morenus -- Board treatment / Roger S. Williams and Tristram Bainbridge / Metal treatment / Zora Sanders and Camilla Zanon Paglione -- Structural repairs. Internal features and components / Liz Ralph and Holly Smith -- Board reattachment and spine repair / Karen Vidler, Abigail Bainbridge, and Arthur Green -- Binding: structure, functionality, and integrity / Sonja Schwoll and Andrea Pataki-Hundt.
Subject Books -- Conservation and restoration
Bookbinding
Added name(s) Bainbridge, Abigail editor
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