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We haven’t finished talking about him… Henry VIII’s book is on the bench for some treatment
Gwendoline Lemée
March 14, 2018

Henry VIII of England continues to attract attention. This time it is not about one of his many wives but […]

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Work Placement at the Manuscripts and Printed Books Conservation Studio
Jessica Phipps Wardle
November 20, 2017

In the summer I spent four brilliant weeks with the conservation team in Manuscripts and Printed Books. Edward, Gwendoline and […]

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Recovering and Re-Covering: Conservation of a Fifteenth-Century Bookbinding
Edward Cheese
February 10, 2017

Books are something of an oddity in the context of a museum in that they are not only objects which […]

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