From Spare Room to Reading Room: the journey of an archive collection
As the first section of the Spitting Image collection is about to be added to our new on-line catalogue, I thought it might be of […]
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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Medieval Eastern Mediterranean Binding Model – Part 2.
Welcome to another Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Conservation blogpost. In this blogpost we will be sharing our next steps of the creation of the Medieval […]
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When time to relax is just what the (parchment!) doctor ordered…
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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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: The conservators’ challenge – Part 2
Since conservation’s last post we have been very busy. We have continued to work on the Cambridge University Library material, have completed work on Christ’s, […]
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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Introducing our new conservators
We are Marina Pelissari and Marie Renaudin, the new conservators joining the thrilling Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project team! In 2019 we both qualified as […]
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Greek Manuscripts Inside and Out: A Conservation Symposium and Workshop
The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: a collaboration between the Universities of Cambridge and Heidelberg proudly presents Greek Manuscripts Inside and Out: A Conservation Symposium […]
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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: The conservators’ challenge – Part 1
The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project has been a great support in encouraging continued professional development within the project. In this blog post we will […]
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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Apart … together
In a previous #PolonskyGreek project blogpost Conserving fragments, conservators discussed their work on the fragments; this blogpost describes how cataloguers can deal with the challenges […]
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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Medieval Eastern Mediterranean Binding Model – Part 1.
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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The Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project: Conserving fragments
Since the introductory blogpost from conservation on The Polonsky Greek Manuscripts Project, we have made a lot of progress, having completed the survey of the […]
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