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Today's Topics:
1. ConsDistList Relaunch (Matt Morgan)
2. Fall lectures in Los Angeles about book and paper
conservation (Ellen)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:36:21 -0400
From: Matt Morgan <[email protected]>
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Subject: [Consdistlist] ConsDistList Relaunch
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Greetings, and welcome back to the ConsDistList!
There are a few changes to the ConsDistList, but you'll find it's very
similar in most ways. Some notable changes:
1. It's going to run a bit more like a traditional mailing list. Your
posts will not be edited before posting, though they will be moderated,
and perhaps, sent back to you for corrections before being accepted.
2. It'll be a weekly, digest-only list, meaning you'll get new issues
once a week, grouped together like before. For now, issues will come out
on Fridays.
Please have a look at the revised list instructions at
http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/instruct.shtml
I'll post again soon with more updates as we work out additional updates
around the archives, in particular, or other subjects that come up.
Thanks,
Matt Morgan
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 00:14:20 +0000
From: Ellen <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]"
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Subject: [Consdistlist] Fall lectures in Los Angeles about book and
paper conservation
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The UCLA Department of Information Studies is proud to sponsor this Celebration
of the Art & Science of Book and Paper Conservation in the 21st Century as a
resource for the Los Angeles Community.
Admission is free, but space is limited. Click link below to reserve your seats
for any of the lectures listed below!
_https://impactflow.com/event/462/checkout/tickets_______________________________
PLAYING OUR PART: A Special Collections Library in the 21st Century
with Renate Mesmer, Head of Conservation at the Folger Shakespeare Library,
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, October 13th, 2016, 4:30pm
Material science, book and paper history, hand skills, passive climate
controls, custom designed book supports, outreach, and risk management are all
paramount attributes of the Folger conservation team?s experience. But they are
also expected to contribute in many more areas as varied expertise and
innovative approaches are vital to a successful research library in the 21st
century. Mesmer previously worked conserving and restoring books and
manuscripts at the University Library in Mannheim, at the Speyer State Archives
in Germany, and at the Centro del bel libro in Ascona, Switzerland.
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REVEALING HIDDEN STORIES: The Role of the Conservator in Advancing Scholarship
in Medieval Manuscripts, beginning with the Archimedes Palimpsest
with Abigail B. Quandt, Head of Book and Paper Conservation, The Walters Art
Museum, Baltimore
Thursday, October 20th, 2016, 4:30pm
Medieval manuscripts are complex objects containing a compilation of texts and
images that were enclosed in intricately wrought bindings. This lecture will
describe some of the discoveries that were made during conservation of the
Archimedes Palimpsest, and that have recently been made about manuscripts from
The Walters Art Museum collection. Quandt will discuss how this research has
advanced our understanding of the material construction, ownership, provenance,
and later alteration of the objects. Quandt specializes in illuminated
manuscripts on parchment and has lectured and published extensively on this
topic.
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PHOTOMETRIC STEREO IMAGING WITH THE MICRODOME for Studying Bookbindings,
Illuminations, Drawings and Documentary Heritage
with Lieve Watteeuw, Head of Book Heritage Lab, KU Leuven, Belgium
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016, 4:30pm
KU Leuven has developed two imaging devices for exploration of materials
produced in medieval and early modern times. The ?Microdome? consists of a
hemispherical structure, with an overhead camera and white light LEDs. The
second Microdome structure exhibits LEDs emitting in five different parts of
the electromagnetic spectrum enabling multispectral imaging. Conservators can
analyze extremely small art technical features and monitor conservation
treatments. The lecture will study research cases in the field of
illuminations, bookbindings, prints and drawings. Watteeuw specializes in the
border of medieval manuscript illumination, book production, art-technical
research, and conservation/preservation strategies for heritage libraries.
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SPECIAL EVENT The West Coast Tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the Florence
Flood and the Book and Paper Conservation Techniques Developed
Featuring Sheila Waters and Julian Waters.
Sheila Waters is author of the April 2016 book, Waters Rising: Letters from
Florence, a chronicle of the Flood Treatments at the National Library of
Florence. Julian Waters was a consultant and co-designer of the book.
Thursday, November 17th, 2016, 3:00pm
Renowned calligrapher Sheila Waters, and her son, lettering designer Julian
Waters, will speak about Sheila?s book in honor of the 50th anniversary of the
Florence Flood - Waters Rising: Letters from Florence, chronicling the
leadership role her husband, the leading bookbinder Peter Waters (1930?2003),
played in organizing monumental efforts to save 100,000+ severely damaged rare
books in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (National Library,
Florence) after the flood in 1966, the most devastating flood in the city?s
history. The book contains nearly 50 letters from Peter that served as his
diary of the work undertaken, and Sheila?s letters back, along with 300 photos,
mostly taken by Peter. After his work in Florence, Peter Waters was appointed
as Chief of Conservation at the Library of Congress and has had a lasting
influence on book and paper conservation during the past 50 years.
3:00 pm MOVIE SCREENING: Florence: Days of Destruction (the rare 1966
documentary by Franco Zeffirelli, featuring Richard Burton)
4:00 pm MOVIE SCREENING: The Restoration of Books: Florence (the 1968 film by
Roger Hill with a script by Peter Waters)
5:00 pm LECTURE: Sheila Waters and Julian Waters?Waters Rising
The story of how events unfolded following the flood, quoting Peter's own
words, with many photos of the restoration work and many of the people involved.
6:00 pm RECEPTION?Wine and Cheese following the lecture
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