NEDCC conserves a 15th c manuscript on life of St. Augustine

NEDCC has conserved and digitized a 15th century manuscript, "the most extensively-illustrated Vitae Augustini still in existence,"  on the Life of St. Augustine from  the Boston Public Library.

The volume was selected as  a conservation and digitization priority because of its extremely fragile state, that it is "bound in a binding nearly as old as the text, and both (text and binding) had never been conserved or altered with the exception of one or two historic paper repairs." 

Click here to see amazing images of text and the complex and wonderful work of conservators.  LEARN MORE and view detailed photographs of the conservation treatment steps for this extraordinary manuscript.


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