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Nasry Iskander
The paper presents the effects on ancient manuscripts of various environmental conditions such as air-pollution, photo-oxidation, insect and microbiological attack, pressure change, vibration, and other...
Werner Schwartz
Looking at the poor state of some manuscripts, or even of whole manuscript collections anybody will think of preservation. Naturally, this means preserving the manuscripts themselves. Indeed, urgent ac...
Raik Jar
This paper provides an introduction to the new scientific method of Ion-Beam Codicology, IBC, which has been developed by the author at the University of Oxford for the non-sampling physical analysis of paper...
Mahdī ͑Atīqī
Before embarking on this study, we should point out that we do not attempt the total restoration of ancient manuscripts. Instead, we search for ways of preventing their further deterioration, for in some ...
