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History

Understanding the history of an object is essential for evaluating its significance, and learning how it could have been made from historical sources provides hypotheses which can be tested with analytical techniques.

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Making

The production of manuscripts is a well-researched topic, with numerous historical sources recording techniques and recipes, and some crafts like parchment making still being practiced today.

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Parchment

Ink

Wax

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MA Conservation of Cultural Heritage
Investigative Techniques in Heritage / CON9058M-9-2021
Samuel Revell / 17644569
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