The Restoration of Molitveanic, Religious Book, Printed in the 18th Century Cover Image

Procesul de restaurare a tipăriturii Molitveanic, carte religioasă de secol XVIII
The Restoration of Molitveanic, Religious Book, Printed in the 18th Century

Author(s): Luminiţa Veronica Bujancă
Subject(s): History, Museology & Heritage Studies, Preservation
Published by: Editura Altip
Keywords: Molitvelnic; old book restoration; Cyrillic font; empirical restoration; damage

Summary/Abstract: The present essay introduces the restoration procedures performed for the book Molitveanic, from the old book collection of the Timişoara Banat Museum library. This book was printed in the year 1782, at Râmnic, using black and red ink. It was written in Cyrillic font. The essay comprises a short description of book, the description of the conservation state and the restoration phases. The restoration was complex because the volume had physical, mechanical, chemical damages and old empirical restoration. It required the restoration of each and every page due to the physical and mechanical, chemical and biological damages.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 357-368
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English, Romanian