No. Title Date
1 Miniatures backed with repair paper being laid out to dry on terylene over perspex
2 Washing miniatures in three baths of water at different temperatures
3 Removing old backing paper from a painting, using a scalpel
4 Sizing the folios laid out on the sheet of perspex using CMC paste applied through a piece of terylene
5 Folios laid out on terylene-covered perspex after drying overnight
6 Placing the sheet of perspex and repaired folios into a drying rack
7 Removing the sheet of terylene which has been used for sizing
8 Terylene is peeled off from the repaired folios
9 Trimming the folios and rounding the corners
10 Trimming the folios and rounding the corners
11 Paste repair of manuscripts : removing a polythene carrier leaving the folios to dry flat on sheets of perspex covered with terylene
12 Paste repair of manuscripts : removing a polythene carrier leaving the folios to dry flat on sheets of perspex covered with terylene
13 Paste repair of manuscripts : removing a polythene carrier leaving the folios to dry flat on sheets of perspex covered with terylene
14 Tearing pieces of Japanese tissue for filling holes and framing frayed and torn edges
15 Tearing pieces of Japanese tissue for filling holes and framing frayed and torn edges
16 Tearing pieces of Japanese tissue for filling holes and framing frayed and torn edges
17 Making a line on repair paper with a wet brush so that it can be torn to make a frame for a folio
18 Placing a second frame of repair paper on the other side of the folio, using a piece of polythene to lift up the pasted paper
19 Placing a second frame of repair paper on the other side of the folio, using a piece of polythene to lift up the pasted paper
20 Last folio of a Sanskrit manuscript showing how a torn mārgin has been filled in with a frame of repair tissue