Thursday 3 April 2014

8.30-9.45: Open house at the Conservation workshop and the Photographic studio of the Arnamagnæan Institute, Building 27 on the Amager Campus, Njalsgade 136. Rooms 27-2-27 and 27-2-53.

First session: 10.00-12-00. Venue: Lecture Hall 22-0-11

Élodie Lévêque, National Library of Ireland: Gaelic manuscripts collection survey: Discovery of a non-adhesive 19th-century binding.

Cédric Lelievre, Atelier Cédric LELIEVRE, Nîmes: Looking for economical solutions for the treatment of a valuable 15th-century illuminated parchment manuscript.

Ana Lopez-Montes, Teresa Espejo, University of Granada: Recovering the Notarial register of Torres (Jaén): A study of a 14th-century archive binding.

Martha Elena Romero, Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas-UNAM, Mexico: The binding of a 16th-century Mexican manuscript as evidence of the encounter of two cultures.

12.00-13.30: Lunch break

During the lunch break Prof. Matthew Collins from the University of York will demonstrate "Books and Beasts: Parchment identification from conservation waste".

Second session: 13.30-15.00. Venue: Lecture Hall 22-0-11

Patricia Engel, European Research Centre for Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration, Horn: The Rotelbooks of Kremsmünster.

Weronika Liszewska, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Jacek Tomaszewski, Polish Institute of World Art Studies, The Asia & Pacific Museum, Warsaw, Ewa Balicka-Witakowska, Uppsala University: Analysis and conservation of Ethiopian parchment manuscripts in the University Library in Warsaw.

Christoph Flüeler, University of Fribourg, Andrea Giovannini, independent conservator, Lumino, Switzerland: Restoration and digitisation: A complementary approach.

Break 15.00-15.30

Third session: 15.30-17.00. Venue: Lecture Hall 22-0-11

Lynn Ransom, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania: A progress report on the New Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts.

Sabina Pugh, Bodleian Library, Oxford: Getting on board: Rebinding three medieval parchment manuscripts as a conservation training project.

Nicholas Pickwoad, Ligatus Research Centre, University of the Arts, London: The Lanhydrock Pedigree: Mounting and framing an oversize parchment document.

18.00-21.00: Buffet dinner at the Monks' cellar at the City Campus of the University of Copenhagen.