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New Guide on Evaluating Parchment Degradation Stages
We have published a comprehensive visual guide addressing early gelatinisation indicators in historical skin manuscripts. This resource outlines inspection protocols under controlled lighting to assist archivists in identifying vulnerable folios before mechanical handling leads to fiber loss.
Updating Our Starch Paste Preparation Protocols
Recent laboratory testing of wheat starch and rice starch mixtures has prompted an update to our workshop manuals. The revised instructions clarify cooking duration and straining methods to achieve optimal viscosity and pH neutrality for paper mending.
Autumn Reading List for Bookbinding Historians
Our faculty has compiled a curated bibliography of structural analyses covering monastic bindings, limp vellum notebooks, and sixteenth-century stamped leather bindings. All listed monographs are available through standard academic library networks.