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How to protect original works during digitisation
In any digitisation project, the physical condition of the items to be digitised is crucial. A digitisation condition survey is used to ascertain if the items meet criteria for digital photography. Where there are a large number of items, a… Continue reading
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Conservation in action: a 16th century print gets a makeover
The 16th century print, derived from the Crucifixion painted by Tintoretto for the Scuola di San Rocco in Venice in 1565, shows Christ in the centre, with two criminals being hoisted up on their crosses on either side. Tools and… Continue reading
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Conservation In Action: courier trip to USA with items from the Wellcome Library’s Asian Collection
Since 2011, as part of the Preservation and Conservation team, I have been focusing on the preparation of items from the Wellcome Library for internal exhibitions in the Wellcome Collection temporary exhibition space or for external loans, which have seen… Continue reading
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Conservation In Action: Folios from the The Shahnama
Conservator Amy Junker Heslip talks us through the conservation treatment she undertook on the Wellcome Library’s folios of the Shahnama The Wellcome Library holds 20, highly illustrated, loose folios from The Shahnama or “Book of Kings”. The Shahnama is the… Continue reading
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Hermitage and heritage: Augustinians in history
Austen (the surname of one of England’s best-loved novelists) and Austin (the capital city of Texas) are both abbreviations of the name Augustine. That name became popular from Saint Augustine of Hippo, Father and Doctor of the Church (354-430), philosopher… Continue reading
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Conservation in Action: Ripley Scrolls
In the first of a new series, Conservator Amy Junker Heslip talks us through the conservation treatment she undertook on some of the Wellcome Library’s alchemical manuscripts. The Ripley Scrolls are manuscripts which illustrate the pursuit of the Philosopher’s Stone.… Continue reading
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Conservation for digitisation: recent experiences at the Wellcome Library
Beginning in July of this year, the Wellcome Library began to scan the first of some 15,000 early printed books in collaboration with the information provider ProQuest and the French data capture specialists Diadeis (a detailed outline of the project… Continue reading
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Behind the Scenes: Conservation and Collection Care
Behind the Scenes at the Wellcome Library resumes in 2011 with an expose of the Library’s Conservation and Collection Care team. This team of six work in a spacious conservation studio that enables them to do on-site conservation and preservation… Continue reading
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Wellcome Library Insight – Conservation in Action
This week’s free Wellcome Library Insight session, on Thursday 27 January offers an opportunity to visit the Library’s Conservation studios. There, you’ll have a chance to meet our Conservation team, see the material they’re currently working on and also visit… Continue reading
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Mellow memories of the drug market
The drug bazaar, Constantinople. Watercolour by J.F. Lewis. Wellcome Library no. 45051i Good to see Brian Sewell writing in a mellow mood (though not for long) in yesterday’s ‘London Evening Standard’. [1] The usually acerbic art critic gave a half-page… Continue reading