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(Lack Of) Care Of Ancient Manuscripts On History Programmes
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I am enthralled by the wonderful programmes that BBC TV often serve up. (How I wish I had just a fraction of that in my school curriculum.) But I am aghast at how often the programme presenter –of whom one expects better-- is in a renowned establishment housing historic manuscripts and firstly, may be handling the rare pages with no gloves; secondly, even if he does, often talks whilst standing over these pages, fine-spraying aforesaid. Such actions can only be detrimental to the existence of such written witnesses of our distant and interesting past.
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Sorry, Gl556tr, but the current thinking is that gloves should NOT be worn when handling historic documents.
From the British Library (where they ought to know about such things!):
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From the British Library (where they ought to know about such things!):
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Before they started adding china clay to paper, it was very robust and seriously old documents are probably able to cope without the need for gloves. Some mid-Victorian books are practically turning to dust, on the shelves, according to one documentary I saw. They're trying to digitise them before they're all gone.
Before they started adding china clay to paper, it was very robust and seriously old documents are probably able to cope without the need for gloves. Some mid-Victorian books are practically turning to dust, on the shelves, according to one documentary I saw. They're trying to digitise them before they're all gone.
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