[GBW] Reuters article: Alchemists of British Library preserve heritage

[Mark Arend <mwarend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alchemists of British Library preserve heritage


Bending over a mediaeval parchment, the curator carefully applies her
"butterfly stitch" of minute strips of tissue to a rip in the
age-browned paper.

The adhesive dabbed on the tissue is made from the bladder of a
sturgeon, one of the centuries-old techniques used by the alchemists of
the British Library to restore its ancient books.

Complete article at 
:  http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL0316166220071107







Mark Arend
Oshkosh Wisc.





Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend.  Inside of a dog it's 
too dark to read.
                        ---Groucho Marx


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