Beeswax

An Irish sheep tale – 700 year-old parchments conserved

May 24, 2013 · 4 comments

in Conservation,Manuscripts,Projects

by Élodie Lévêque, Project Conservator An extraordinary manuscript collection; the Ormond Collection has been called the ‘most important Anglo-Norman family archive in Ireland’. It encompasses almost 700 years of Irish history, from the first influx of Norman settlers, to the workings of the feudal system, and the Butler family lordship of almost half of Ireland. […]

Tagged as: Anglo-Norman, Beeswax, Butler Family, Calendar of Ormond Deeds, Calf's Intestine, Chromophores, Collagen Fibres, Conservation, Controlled humidification, Elodie Leveque, Gelatine Solution, Gelatinisation, Goldbeaters' Skin, Humidity, Irish Manuscripts Commission, Lamb Parchment, Manuscripts, Mould, Mould Enzymes, Mylar, Ormond Collection, Ormond Deeds, Parchment, Pigments, Sheepskin, The Ireland Funds, Water Vapour, Wax Seals

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The British and Colonial Druggist

December 1, 2011 · 4 comments

in Acquisitions,Cataloguing,Collections,Periodicals,Rare books

by Inez J Fletcher, Cataloguer & Director of Irish ISSN Centre Cataloguers come across a very wide variety of publications in the course of their regular work, but I mostly catalogue contemporary periodicals. However, recently I was asked to catalogue a run of eight volumes for the period January 1889 to December 1892 of The […]

Tagged as: Arsenic, Beeswax, British and Colonial Druggist, Cascara, Cataloguing, Clanbrassil Street, Cough Konckerer, Director of Irish ISSN Centre, Dr. Krugener's Patent Book Camera, Dynamite, Engravings, Inez J Fletcher, Journals, Kilner Glass, Mary Street, Messrs. M & C Bracken, Mincing Lane, Opium, Parcel Detective Camera, Periodicals, Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, Poison, Rhubarb, Rotunda, Samuel Boyd

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