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Wednesday, 16 November 2011 |
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Issue No. 23, March 2012 of e-conservation
magazine is now online and available for free download!
Editorial: On Disinvestment of Cultural Heritage
By Rui Bordalo
History has shown time and time again that (r)evolution is the only constant. Nevertheless, we seem always to be attracted to stability and we continually seek to maintain the status quo...
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FEATURED ARTICLES
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Pragmatism and Compromise in Conservation
By Peter D. Verheyen
I write this from the perspective of an apprentice-trained bookbinder and conservator who has spent most of his career working in academic research libraries in the US, work that has included working primarily with special collections, but also heavily used circulating collections and digitization...
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Boxes for the Housing and Protection of Books: Observations on their History and Development
By Gianlorenzo Pignatti
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Protective boxes and cases for storage of manuscripts and printed books have a long history. Daniel Solander’s invention at the end of the 18th century was so significant that today his name identifies his box. The 20th century has seen a great development of the book conservation practice, including box-making...
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Salt Damage on the Wall Reliefs of Dendera Temple-Egypt
By Hesham Abbas Kamally
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The present study aims to identify and to characterize the main deterioration mechanisms that affect the wall reliefs of Dendera temple, Upper Egypt. The temple is famous for its beautiful wall reliefs, painted with religious scenes and inscriptions. Nowadays the reliefs show considerable damage due to salt weathering processes...
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