No. Title Date
1 Brittle manuscript being treated in a deacidification bath
2 Brittle manuscript being treated in a deacidification bath
3 Brittle manuscript being treated in a deacidification bath
4 Conserving a manuscript
5 Dampening a folio with a sponge to help flatten it onto a polythene sheet
6 Folios laid out on terylene-covered perspex after drying overnight
7 Last folio of a Sanskrit manuscript showing how a torn mārgin has been filled in with a frame of repair tissue
8 Laying a folio onto a sheet of polythene and straightening the torn edges prior to repair
9 Making a line on repair paper with a wet brush so that it can be torn to make a frame for a folio
10 Miniatures backed with repair paper being laid out to dry on terylene over perspex
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 Pasting the frame of repair paper onto the folio
15 Pasting the sheet of terylene prior to laying out the folios on it
16 Placing a frame of repair paper over a folio
17 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
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 folios onto the terylene covered perspex
20 Placing the sheet of perspex and repaired folios into a drying rack