[GBW] Scotch tape?

[Chuck%20%26%20Joanne%20Videto <videto@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

  I   just read an article in “The Manuscript Society News” (XXIX No. 4, 2008) where in it stated that they re-assembled some of the Dead Sea Scrolls using… Scotch tape!!!!    

   As outrageous as that sounds it called to mind a Brodart brochure on book repair, (circa 1990), where on the subject of page repair, it says “ always use Magic Transparent Tape- celluloid tape will dry out and yellow.” ( page 7)   

   We’ve all had to deal with the nasty effects of tape indiscriminately used on torn pages. 

But if the article from the Manuscript society is correct it makes me wonder if those people were brain dead or perhaps there’s more merit to the Brodart reference than I thought. 

   I tried testing some tape with a ph pen but it was inconclusive.   I just thought I’d put this sticky topic out there for discussion.   



Charles Videto 


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