Studi di archivistica, bibliografia, paleografia

Collana | Studi di archivistica, bibliografia, paleografia
Recensione | Dalla tutela al restauro del patrimonio librario e archivistico
Capitolo | Dal progetto al restauro di un manoscritto polimaterico

Dal progetto al restauro di un manoscritto polimaterico

Il caso dell’Erbario Casapini (secolo XVIII)

Abstract

Casapini’s Herbarium is an 18th century manuscript, belonging to the Palatina Library in Parma and currently stored at the Botanical Garden of Parma University. The Herbarium collects nearly 200 samples of dried plant specimens that have been severely affected by physical, biological and chemical degradation. In 2016 the Inner Wheel Club Italia-Parma Est, an international female association, decided to fund the conservation of this Herbarium in order to preserve it and allow its study. A large team of professionals, including conservators, chemists, physicists and a botanist, has been working on the project to secure this unique but very fragile object. This paper discusses the condition assessment, the identification of degradation processes and the first conservation approach to the Casapini Herbarium. Issues related to the treatment of heavily corroded areas, the resewing of the sections and the future storage of the manuscript are also identified and highlighted for further research.


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Presentato: 30 Gennaio 2018 | Pubblicato 27 Marzo 2018 | Lingua: it

Keywords Diagnostic investigation on Cultural HeritageIron gall inkBook conservationPaper corrosionCopper based pigmentCasapini HerbariumManuscript conservation


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