Table of Contents

Preface; Wooden bindings and tree-rings -- A conclusion; 'Publish or perish. Early Arnamagnaean editions as a means to the care and conservation of manuscripts; The Persian miniature and its conservation; Documentation and conservation of an Islamic manuscript from the eleventh century; Preservation ethics and practical digitisation; Conservation of a thirteenth century Biblia Sacra Latine; The conservation of Parker MSS 16 and 26 The Chronica Majora; The story of the Prague fragment of St Marks gospel through fourteen centuries. A new approach to an established narrative; Report on a theft of books, a non-fiction detective story; Medieval Danish Bindings; Conservation of leather bindings damaged by mould; Man sieht nur das was man kennt -- Schadenphanomene in Inkunabeln; Early care and conservation and the problems they produce; Preserving the past: England, Iceland and the movement of manuscripts; Low energy air conditioning of archives; A Russian-Dutch project for the development of universal procedures for document heritage preservation and access; Exhibition conservation - Luxury or necessity; Museum Meermanno and the Missale Trajectense; Programme for the seminar; List of participants; Colour plates; List of illustrations; Index of manuscripts.

About the Author

Dr Gillian Fellows-Jensen is associate professor in the Department of Name Research at the University of Copenhagen. Peter Springborg, MA, is the director of The Arnamagnaean Institute (Old Norse Studies) at the University of Copenhagen.