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1 A tale of two fields Book conservation and digital humanities Alberto Campagnolo PhD Candidate Ligatus Research Centre University of the Arts, Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 1 st May 2014

2 2002: National Museum Wales, Cardiff Foundation for Preservation- Conservation of Library Materials, Spoleto 2000: Trinity College Dublin Bindery 2000: Studio Furlotti, Milano 2000: COO.BE.C., Spoleto 2000: National Museum Wales, Cardiff Ca Foscari University Venice 2003: Marciana National Library, Venezia 2003: National Museum Wales, Cardiff : Palace Green Library, Durham : National Museum Wales, Cardiff King s College London : Guildhall Library, London 2009: St. Catherine s Monastery Library, Egypt : London Metropolitan Archives, London 2010-today Ligatus, UAL 2013-oggi: Vatican Library : Imperial War Museum, London 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 2

3 Books as objects History of bookbinding Significance of bookbinding Conservation Digital Humanities Conclusions 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 3

4 Books as objects 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 4

5 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 5

6 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 6

7 Carpenter's hammer made of iron, wood. British Museum As1896,-.47AN /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 7

8 Basileae, Per Henrichum Petri, /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 8

9 (Pomian 1990) 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 9

10 Museum items 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 10

11 Library items 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 11

12 Library items Living tools kept to be used as carriers of useful information (Adams and Barker 1993) 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 12

13 Library items Living tools kept to be used as carriers of useful information Not susceptible to archaeological treatment (Adams and Barker 1993) 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 13

14 Library items Living tools kept to be used as carriers of useful information Not susceptible to archaeological treatment Need for an interdisciplinary research approach (Adams and Barker 1993) 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 14

15 Model for the history of the book Communication circuit Darnton /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 15

16 Model for the history of the book Useful tool for social historians Limiting for the study of the book as a physical object Communication circuit Darnton /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 16

17 Model for the history of the book Transmission cycle Adams and Barker /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 17

18 Model for the history of the book Primacy of text Brings together different disciplines Common ground for an integrated history of the book Transmission cycle Adams and Barker /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 18

19 Model for the history of the artefact book 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 19

20 Model for the history of the artefact book Primacy of the artefact Bring together different disciplines Common ground for an integrated history of the book Archaeological and codicological approach Artefact examination Elliot et al. 1982; Pearce /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 20

21 Model for the history of the artefact book 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 21

22 Model for the history of the artefact book 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 22

23 Model for the history of the artefact book 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 23

24 "Binding for a Qur'an [Iran]" (56.222) late 16 th cent. In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, (April 2014) 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 24

25 History of Bookbinding 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 25

26 Young discipline In spite of the great amount of literature, far fewer people [can] give a reasoned opinion on the country of origin and the approximate date of an old bookbinding, than a piece of pottery or furniture. (Goldschmidt 1928) 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 26

27 Functions Keep the leaves together 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 27

28 Functions Keep the leaves together Protect the leaves and text 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 28

29 Functions Keep the leaves together Protect the leaves and text Indicator of social status 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 29

30 Levels of research Internal: structures and materials 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 30

31 Levels of research Internal: structures and materials External: visible elements (cover; decoration) 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 31

32 Levels of research Up to the first half of 20 th cent. History of bookbinding = History of bookbinding decoration 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 32

33 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 33

34 Etonæ in Collegio Regali, Excudebat Ioannes Norton, /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 34

35 Powell-Cockerell School Douglas Bennett Cockerell ( ) Roger Powell ( ) Sydney Cockerell ( ) 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 35

36 Powell-Cockerell School Modern book conservation Archaeology of the book Techniques Craftsmanship Materials Morphology and decoration Uses 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 36

37 Powell-Cockerell School Modern book conservation Archaeology of the book Books as complex objects Not just supports for text 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 37

38 Significance of Bookbinding 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 38

39 Limited number of basic structures Gathering assembly 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 39

40 Gathering assembly Limited number of basic structures Endleaf structure 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 40

41 Gathering assembly Endleaf structure Limited number of basic structures Sewing 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 41

42 Gathering assembly Endleaf structure Sewing Limited number of basic structures Edges Dioscoridis Libri Octo Græce et Latine, Parisiis, apud Petrum Haultinum,1549 Sinai Monastery Library /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 42

43 Gathering assembly Endleaf structure Sewing Edges Limited number of basic structures Boards 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 43

44 Gathering assembly Endleaf structure Sewing Edges Boards Limited number of basic structures Spine profile 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 44

45 Gathering assembly Endleaf structure Sewing Edges Boards Spine profile Limited number of basic structures Spine lining 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 45

46 Gathering assembly Endleaf structure Sewing Edges Boards Spine profile Spine lining Limited number of basic structures Endbands 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 46

47 Gathering assembly Endleaf structure Sewing Edges Boards Spine profile Spine lining Endbands Limited number of basic structures Covering 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 47

48 Gathering assembly Endleaf structure Sewing Edges Boards Spine profile Spine lining Endbands Covering Limited number of basic structures Furniture 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 48

49 Limited number of basic structures Gathering assembly Endleaf structure Sewing Edges Boards Spine profile Spine lining Endbands Covering Furniture BUT Number of permutations seems countless 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 49

50 Reasons for the variety 1. Processes evolve and are adjusted over time 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 50

51 Reasons for the variety 1. Processes evolve and are adjusted over time In different geographic locations: 2a. Different solutions for similar problems 2b. Different materials employed 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 51

52 Reasons for the variety 1. Processes evolve and are adjusted over time In different geographic locations: 2a. Different solutions for similar problems 2b. Different materials employed 3. Special techniques taught as trade secrets within workshops 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 52

53 A practical example c.clarkson /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 53

54 Conservation 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 54

55 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 55

56 CONTENTS i. fire. ii. water. iii. gas and heat. iv. dust and neglect. v. ignorance and bigotry. vi. the bookworm. vii. other vermin. viii. bookbinders. ix. collectors. x. servants and children. postscriptum. conclusion. 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 56

57 viii. bookbinders (or book conservators). A good binding gives pleasure. Deadly effects of the plough as used by binders. Not confined to bye-gone times. Instances of injury. De Rome, a good binder but a great cropper. Books hacked. Bad lettering. Treasures in book-covers. Books washed, sized, and mended. Cases often preferable to rebinding. ix. collectors. Bagford the biblioclast. Illustrations torn from MSS. Title-pages torn from books. Rubens, his engraved titles. Colophons torn out of books. Lincoln Cathedral. Dr. Dibdin s Nosegay. Theurdanck. Fragments of MSS. Some libraries almost useless. Pepysian. Teylerian. Sir Thomas Phillipps. x. servants and children. Library invaded for the purpose of dusting. Spring clean. Dust to be got rid of. Ways of doing so. Carefulness praised. Bad nature of certain books Metal clasps and rivets. How to dust. Children often injure books. Examples. Story of boys in a country library. 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 57

58 Institute for Antiquity and Christianity in Claremont, CA, USA The Nag Hammadi Codices. 13 leather-bound single-quire papyrus volumes discovered by Egyptian farmers in Dated mid-fourth century A.D. 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 58

59 Institute for Antiquity and Christianity in Claremont, CA, USA The Nag Hammadi Codices. Gnostic texts. 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 59

60 The Nag Hammadi Codices. Reconstruction of the binding based on evidence left after restoration (Szirmai 1999). 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 60

61 Compendio delle historie del regno di Napoli composto da messer Pandolfo Collenucio iurisconsulto in Pesaro, Venezia, per Michele I Tramezzino, 1541 Biblioteca Diocesana B. Lucia Broccadelli di Narni (TR) AR 3 V /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 61

62 Carpenter's hammer made of iron, wood. British Museum As1896,-.47AN /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 62

63 Cima da Conegliano, Conegliano Altarpiece, tempera on panel transferred on canvas, ca /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 63

64 Aga Khan College at MIT The Stari Most ("Old Bridge"), Mostar,16 th century. 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 64

65 The Stari Most ("Old Bridge"), Mostar bombed /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 65

66 The Stari Most ("Old Bridge"), Mostar collapsed /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 66

67 The Stari Most built new, in the same form, Mostar collapsed /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 67

68 Conservation 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 68

69 Scriptors 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 69

70 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 70

71 Codicological integrity 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 71

72 Artefacts, Conservation, and 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 72

73 Miracles 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 73

74 Miracles 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 74

75 Miracles 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 75

76 Computer science Conservation Text encoding Great Parchment Book Project 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 76

77 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 77

78 Great Parchment Book Project 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 78

79 Great Parchment Book Project 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 79

80 Book Archaeology Surveys Basileae, Per Henrichum Petri, /05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 80

81 St. Catherine s Monastery Library on Mount Sinai, Egypt Manuscript and Printed book Survey 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 81

82 St. Catherine s Monastery Library on Mount Sinai, Egypt Manuscript and Printed book Survey 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 82

83 Ligatus Research Centre Printed book Survey extensible Markup Language (XML) schema Electronic forms 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 83

84 Ligatus Research Centre Printed book Survey 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 84

85 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 85

86 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 86

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88 Synchronic view of data 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 88

89 Conclusions 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 89

90 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 90

91 Model for the history of the artefact book 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 91

92 Model for the history of the artefact book Books (as objects) as silent witnesses to be read and interpreted 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 92

93 Use your book conservators 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 93

94 and let your children play with the books! THE BOOKBINDER S. The children have called in to see the bookbinder s shop, and are looking at a map, which he has varnished for them. Arthur is telling his little sister he thinks he should like to be a bookbinder, it seems such a nice business. (Oscar Pletsch, Child-Land: Picture-Pages For The Little Ones, London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1873) 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 94

95 Selected bibliography Slides 01/05/2014 Medieval and Modern Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age 95

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