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Mould damage and suction wedges: conservation of felted paper in a bound iron-gall ink manuscript

Posted on 24 November 2021 by CUL Conservation

Every conservation treatment we undertake at the University Library is done with the specifics of the collection item in mind. We consider the materiality of […]

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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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When time to relax is just what the (parchment!) doctor ordered…

Posted on 7 May 2020 by CUL Conservation

Although the Cambridge University Libraries conservators have been working in new and innovative ways since being physically separated from our collections a number of weeks […]

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