45th SymposiumDouai Abbey Thursday 11 April 2024 The 45 th English Benedictine Symposium will be held at Douai Abbey, UpperWoolhampton, Reading RG7 5TQ, tel. 0118-9715-300 by kind permission of the Abbot andCommunity, A booking form is attached. Directions will be found on the Douai Abbey website. The nearest rail station isMidgham, which usually involves a change … Continue reading English Benedictine History Symposium
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Protecting Dispersed Collections: A Framework for Managing the at-Risk Heritage Assets of Catholic Religious Institutes
AHRC-RLUK Fellowship Report by Dr Jonathan Bush (Durham University) Jonathan spoke about his AHRC-RLUK funded project at this year's CAS Conference and we are pleased to post a link to his completed fellowship report : AHRC-RLUK-Fellowship-Report (1)Download
Putting a finger on it: evidence of unusual historical repair materials and methods in two special collections
Victoria Stevens ACR Victoria Stevens Library and Archive Preservation and Conservation Ltd. victoriastevensconservation@gmail.com When it comes to the repair of bound items, there is a long tradition of the reuse and repurposing of materials. The recycling of waste is predominant in the history of book construction and repair methods throughout the medieval and early modern … Continue reading Putting a finger on it: evidence of unusual historical repair materials and methods in two special collections
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