Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 7 Proceedings of the Seventh International Seminar Held at the Royal Library, Copenhagen 18Th-19th April 2002

Contents: Preface; A progress report on the conservation and registration of the seals of the Ravnholt Archive in the Arnamagnæan Collection; Reconstruction from transcripts: The case of Egils saga Skallagrímssonar in Möðruvallabók, an Icelandic codex of the fourteenth century; Improved damage assessment of parchment: An investigation of the use of laser in paper conservation; The basic steps in the creation of an electronic version of a hand-written catalogue of historical persons participating in public, military and political life in the Caucasus in the nineteenth century; The electronic catalogue of the Manuscripts Department in the National Library of Russia: Its concept, structure and use for research; Digitasation as part of the museum preservation program; Medieval writing equipment; The role of modern reprographics as a tool for the conservator; The background to the joint Nordic project Wax Seals; Investigations on the conservation of seals in Danish archives; Cataloguing illuminated manuscripts - the equilibrium of detail and pragmatism; Fundamental reflections on thefts and mutilation of maps from university and national libraries in Europe; Identifying German blind-stamped bindings on British Library manuscripts; Early western limp bindings. Report on a study; The history of chemical reinforcement of texts in manuscripts. What should we do now?; The Waller Collection. The conservation of a collection of manuscripts; The transcription of Old English texts in the sixteenth century; Programme for the seminar; List of participants; Colour plates; List of illustrations; Index of manuscripts.Fellows-Jensen, Gillian is the author of 'Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 7 Proceedings of the Seventh International Seminar Held at the Royal Library, Copenhagen 18Th-19th April 2002', published 2003 under ISBN 9788772899138 and ISBN 8772899131.