Paper aging and conservation are matters of concern to those responsible for archives and
library collections. Wood-derived fibers are mainly composed of cellulose, hemicelluloses …

Embrittlement threatens the useful lifetime of books, maps, manuscripts, and works of art on
paper during storage, circulation, and display in libraries, museums, and archives. Past …

The long-term performance of the conservation–restoration treatment applied in Moroccan
libraries has been questioned, to predict and rank the behavior of restored papers under …

The preservation of manuscripts and archive materials is a serious problem for librarians
and restorers. Paper manuscript is subjected to numerous degradation factors affecting their …

For many centuries paper was the main material for recording cultural achievements all over
the world. Paper is mostly made from cellulose with small amounts of organic and inorganic …

Paper degradation has been studied extensively over the past few decades from both the
conservation and the material science perspectives. This review focuses on the quantifiable …

Paper and papyrus endurance depends on their intrinsic properties that are related to the
manufacture processes and to the environmental conditions (temperature, humidity …

A complete multianalytical study of a hand-coloured map from the seventeenth century is
presented. The pigments atacamite, massicot, minium, gypsum, carbon black and vermilion …

One of the most widely used methods for tissue preservation and fixative during
transportation is the conservation in formalin during variable amounts of time. In this study …

Various weakened archaeological papyrus manuscripts exist in excavations, museums,
libraries, and storehouses. The preservation of brittle archaeological papyrus manuscripts …