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. […]
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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
by Élodie Lévèque and Louise O’Connor, Conservation; and Justin Furlong, Newspaper Librarian The National Library of Ireland recently acquired two volumes of The Waterford Mirror containing rare issues from 1805 and 1806. In 1801, The Waterford Mirror and Munster Packet newspaper was first printed by John Bull, and from 1805 continued as The Waterford Mirror […]
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19th century,
Conservation,
Elodie Leveque,
Justin Furlong,
Kozo paper,
Louise O'Connor,
Microfilm,
Newspapers,
NEWSPLAN,
Sir John Newport,
The Waterford Mirror and Munster Packet,
Waterford,
Waterford Mirror
by Elodie Leveque & Louise O’Connor, Conservation Conservators love knowing how a book was put together, and recently, we had the opportunity to examine a very interesting item. Despite being in good condition, the book needed some minor conservation treatment. But first, by closely examining the binding and the inner structure normally hidden from our […]
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1669,
Anton Bruodinus,
Binding,
Case,
Conservation,
Conservators,
Core,
Cover flaps,
Cross-over beading,
Elodie Leveque,
Fr. Anthony Broidin,
Head,
Headbands,
Hygroscopic,
Initial letter,
Irish College,
Limp vellum,
Linen thread,
Louise O'Connor,
Martyrdom,
Octavo,
Pastedown,
Plant-fibre Cords,
Prague,
Propugnaculum Catholicæ Veritatis,
Tail,
Textblock,
Vellum