Programme

Wednesday 14th of October 2009 

10.00-12.00: Pre-seminar visit to the Department of Preservation of the Royal Library, Lergravsvej 59, 4. Amager.

This visit is optional and special registration is required. When you register for the seminar please mention whether you want to participate in this event.

 13.00-15.00: The Royal Library, The Black Diamond, Søren Kirkegaardsplads 1. 

  • Words of welcome
  • Nancy Turner, J. Paul Getty Museum and Karen Trentelman, Getty Conservation Institute: The Martín de Murúa Project.
  • Michael B. Toth, Walters Art Museum/R.B.Toth Associates & Doug Emery, Walters Art Museum/Emery IT, Baltimore: Are digital images really all that matters? Preserving the Archimedes Palimpsest in digital form as a research tool.


After this session there will be the registration for the seminar and a reception at the Royal Library.

Thursday 15th of October 2009

University of Copenhagen, Amager.

9.00: Open house at the Workshops of the Arnamagnæan Institute (Building 27, 2nd floor)

  • Participants are invited to come and visit the conservation workshop and the photographic studio of the Arnamagnæan Institute.
  • This is optional, no prior registration is necessary.

Registration for those who did not register on Wednesday will be in the foyer of Lecture Hall 22-0-11 between 9.00-10.00.

10.00-11.15: Lecture Hall 22-0-11

  • Matthew James Driscoll and Eric Haswell, The Arnamagnæan Institute, Copenhagen. ENRICH: the way to a seamless access to information on manuscripts and early printed  books.
  • Jiří Vnouček, The Royal Library, Copenhagen: Conservation of the Niebuhr Bible.
  • Örn Hrafnkelsson, National and University Library, Reykjavík:The making of a manuscripts digital library. The ÍBR collection, past, present and future. 

11.15 Break

11.45-13.30: Lecture Hall 22-0-11

  • Einike Leppik, Tartu Art College / Estonian Historical Archives: Conservation of the Saint Anthony’s guild book from the 18th century.
  • Ágnes Ádám, Austrian National Library, Vienna & Éva Doublinszki, National Library, Budapest: Restoration of the ‘alla greca’ binding: ethical and æsthetic questions in the restoration of Byzantine bindings.
  • Stamatina Ouzounoglou, Konstantinos Choulis & Artemis Kambouraki, Athens: Conservation of two post-Byzantine manuscripts from the collections of the Byzantine and Christian Museums of Athens.
  • Catarina Santos, University of Coimbra: The conservation of papal and regal lead seals.

13.30: Lunch

14.30-15.50: Lecture Hall 22-0-11

  • Pamela Porter & Charmaine Fagan, British Library: Manuscript preservation in the British Library: bridging the gap between conservator and curator.
  • Amanda Engineer, Wellcome Library, London: Saving private archives: a journey from barn to repository.
  • Karin Scheper, University Library, Leiden: Conservation of Islamic manuscripts in a research library.

15.50: Break

16.10-17.15: Lecture Hall 22-0-11

  • Robert Fuchs & Doris Oltrogge, CICS, Institut für Restaurierungs- und Konservierungswissenschaft, Köln: A masterpiece in transition: results of the examination of Codex Aureus Epternacensis.
  • Valeria Kobyakova, Military-Historical Museum of Artillery, St. Petersburg: The 30-volume edition: 'Historical description of uniforms and arms of Russian corps': investigation and conservation.

17.15: Summing-up.

18.30: Reception at the University of Copenhagen, The Monks' cellar, Nørregade. 

Friday 16th October 

University of Copenhagen, Amager.

10.00-11.40: Lecture Hall 23-0-49

  • Rene Haljasmäe, Academic Library of Tallinn University: The book as artefact, how to create greater reality through digitisation.
  • Tine Rauff & Henriette Berg, The Royal Library, Copenhagen: How to move 43.6 shelf km. of books without losing a single meter.
  • Istvan Kecskeméti, National Archives of Finland: Condition survey at the National Archives of Finland.
  • Irakli Iakobashvili, Parliament of Georgia & Christopher Baruth, American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee:  The preservation and utilization of the William Osgood Field Archive of Svanetian materials.

11.45: Lunch

13.00-14.50: Lecture Hall 23-0-49

  • Weronika Liszewska & Jacek Tomaszewski, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw: Conservation and restoration treatment of the 15th century illuminated parchment manuscript of “Missale Vladislaviense”.
  • Chris Woods, University of the Arts London, Camberwell College: The care and use of iconic cultural treasures – Magna Carta.
  • Marco di Bella & Ana Beny, Palermo / Madrid: An attempt at reconstruction of early bookbinding: the box binding.
  • Svetlana Uspenskaya, Military-Historical Museum of Artillery, St. Petersburg: Preservation and access to documental heritage in museums, libraries and archives: the Russian-Dutch project for the development of universal procedures for document assessment (UPA-MAL)

14.50: Break

15.15-16.30: Lecture Hall 23-0-49

  • Manfred Mayer, University Library, Graz: Research access to manuscript-fragments by non-destructive methods.
  • Michael Lerche Nielsen, Institute for Name Research & Jens Michael Carstensen, Videometer A/S:  Multi-spectral analysis and the next generation of photo-scanning: a non-destructive method of reading the unreadable. Followed by a demonstration of the equipment.

16.30: Closing session.