Contributions to the Symposium on the Care and Conservation of Middle Eastern Manuscripts
In November 2007 after much planning, the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation was delighted to host the Middle Eastern Manuscripts Symposium. The aim of the symposium was to bring together experts from around the globe to share research and knowledge and discuss issues in relation to the cultural sensitivities, conservation, care and housing of Middle Eastern manuscript collections. The University of Melbourne’s collection of Middle Eastern Manuscripts contains approximately 200 items dating from the 14th to 19th centuries. Various cultures including Arabic, Persian, Syriac and Turkish are represented in this outstanding collection of significant cultural and historical value. This publication brings together the abstracts and a large number of the papers presented at the symposium.
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Contents of this publication:
- John Bowman and the University of Melbourne’s Middle Eastern manuscript collection
Pam Pryde - Islamic manuscripts: Differentiating the sacred, religious & non-religious
Prof Dr Amir H. Zekrgoo - Middle Eastern bookbinding – The Islamic book
David Jacobs - The conservation and display of Mughal & Islamic manuscripts at the Victoria & Albert Museum
Mike Wheeler - Conserving the legacy of a 19th century Persian Baha’i calligrapher: The restoration of Station of this Day: A
foremost masterpiece of Arabic calligraphy
Shingo Ishikawa - The studio practices of painters of the Mughal ateliers
Anita Chowdry - The Syriac book
Caroline Checkley-Scott - Characterisation and analysis of early Qur’an fragments at the Library of Congress
Yasmeen Khan & Sophie Lewincamp - The Conservation of the Middle Eastern manuscript collection in the Leiden University Library: Results of a
conservation assessment survey
Karin Scheper - Historical and scientific analysis of Iranian illuminated manuscripts and miniature paintings
Dr Mandana Barkeshli - Raman analysis of pigments found in Middle Eastern manuscripts in the University of Melbourne
Collection
Robyn Sloggett - The role of manuscripts in the writing versus oral debate in Pre-modern Islamic Society
Adrian Gully - Pigments and organic colours used in manuscripts from Armenia and Cairo: Tradition and tradition
Cheryl Porter