Inside the Front Cover

Finishing the Attributes of Christ

Published on October 17, 2017 After months of work, the end of treatment of The Attributes of Christ was in sight: the next step was to put new leather on the book. The new leather is archival-quality brown repair calf from J. Hewit & Sons, dyed with Sellaset Leather Dyes from the Leather Conservation Centre. read more...

The complexities of endbands

Published on September 26, 2017 In her latest blog post, Cathedral intern Lucy Cokes shares a fascinating insight into her world of book conservation. read more...

The stitching begins

Published on August 15, 2017August 18, 2017 Lucy updates on the latest stage in the conservation of The Attributes of Christ. read more...

Solving Paper Problems – Part 2

Published on June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 Paper repairs are a common conservation treatment and in the case of The Attributes of Christ several varieties of paper repair methods were used. First, if there is any ‘scarfing’ on the tears – where the tear has formed an overlap between paper layers – the scarfing is joined back together with wheat starch paste. read more...

Solving paper problems – Part 1

Published on May 25, 2017May 25, 2017 In a continuation of Lucy's blog, she attempts to rescue pages from a severely water damaged book. read more...

Extreme measures needed

Published on April 26, 2017April 28, 2017 Lucy details the next stage of her work on the 17th century Attributes of Christ. read more...

A mouldy muddle

Published on March 20, 2017March 20, 2017 Intern Lucy Cokes writes about the challenges presented by a mouldy 17th century book. read more...

First two months

Published on February 15, 2017March 20, 2017 Lucy Cokes is a book and paper conservation intern at Canterbury Cathedral. Here she gives us an insight into the fascinating world of protecting the precious items in our Collections. read more...