This paper describes the conservation treatment at the Monastery of St Catherine, Sinai of an illuminated manuscript preserved in an impor-tant but severely damaged sixteenth-century Greek-style Sinai binding. The conservation treatment aimed to restore functionality to this binding with minimum intervention enabling the important manuscript to travel to an exhibition. The repair techniques evolved during treatment as the two conservators studied and used the techniques of the original binder. The repair included the partial in situ re-sewing of the manuscript, work-ing around and supplementing the original sewing, and reattaching the wooden bookboards. The primary endbands were repaired to preserve and support the unique secondary metal-th...
The fall of the Byzantine Empire triggered changes in all fields of arts and crafts. Bookbinding was...
This article introduces a new research dedicated to the study of Coptic bookbinding structures initi...
The curious custom of recycling medieval Hebrew and non-Hebrew manuscript parchment folios during th...
This paper was developed from a ten-year long project in the library of the Monastery of Saint Cathe...
500GB The library of the monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, is famous for its rare biblical manus...
AbstractThe conservation treatment of a 15,h century Mamluk manuscript decorated in a manner suitabl...
Disbinding the Syriac Galen Palimpsest to allow for more successful imaging also permitted conservat...
Because of the number of objects involved, the conservation of large medieval manuscript collections...
The thesis examines the decoration of Greek bookbinding, through the study of the leather-covered bi...
Following my paper, ‘Current use and future development of the database of the St. Catherine’s Libra...
This paper proposes a new methodology for digitally recording bookbindings. The methodology emerged ...
In the Clarissan Nuns Monastery neighbouring St. Andrew Church, Cracow a Byzantine mosaic made in th...
In 2016 the author carried out conservation work on three Karaim manuscripts and old prints: a 19th ...
The condition survey carried out at Saint Catherine’s monastery is the largest and most detailed of ...
The paper presents some new aspects on the conservation of manuscripts from the time of Stephan the ...
The fall of the Byzantine Empire triggered changes in all fields of arts and crafts. Bookbinding was...
This article introduces a new research dedicated to the study of Coptic bookbinding structures initi...
The curious custom of recycling medieval Hebrew and non-Hebrew manuscript parchment folios during th...
This paper was developed from a ten-year long project in the library of the Monastery of Saint Cathe...
500GB The library of the monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, is famous for its rare biblical manus...
AbstractThe conservation treatment of a 15,h century Mamluk manuscript decorated in a manner suitabl...
Disbinding the Syriac Galen Palimpsest to allow for more successful imaging also permitted conservat...
Because of the number of objects involved, the conservation of large medieval manuscript collections...
The thesis examines the decoration of Greek bookbinding, through the study of the leather-covered bi...
Following my paper, ‘Current use and future development of the database of the St. Catherine’s Libra...
This paper proposes a new methodology for digitally recording bookbindings. The methodology emerged ...
In the Clarissan Nuns Monastery neighbouring St. Andrew Church, Cracow a Byzantine mosaic made in th...
In 2016 the author carried out conservation work on three Karaim manuscripts and old prints: a 19th ...
The condition survey carried out at Saint Catherine’s monastery is the largest and most detailed of ...
The paper presents some new aspects on the conservation of manuscripts from the time of Stephan the ...
The fall of the Byzantine Empire triggered changes in all fields of arts and crafts. Bookbinding was...
This article introduces a new research dedicated to the study of Coptic bookbinding structures initi...
The curious custom of recycling medieval Hebrew and non-Hebrew manuscript parchment folios during th...