For the second time, Radha Pandey and I teamed up to present our theoretical and practical course on Indo-Islamic papers: History, techniques and Manufacture. We…
The sensory materiality of manuscripts is a current trend, and South Asian scrolls fit within this trend. Scrolls illustrating the Bhagavad Purana and Devi Mahatmya,…
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I am honoured to have contributed to Wereldverhalen, an online series of stories from the collections of the Wereldmuseums . The story is available here…
with Agnieszka Helman‑Ważny (Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures(CSMC), Universität Hamburg) The article is in open access here Abstract: This study aims to characterise…
From April 15-17th April, Radha Penday and I gave a three-day intensive course on Islamic paper, theory and practice, at the Institut National du Patrimoine,…
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Paper conservation often leads to the discovery of fascinating objects. Take this rather enigmatic depiction on this folio from the Wereldmuseum in Leiden (inventory number…
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The manuscript 441 from the Oriental Library of Saint Joseph’s University in Beirut was entrusted to the Beit Gazo center for conservation last October. This book is…
Although the Syriac manuscript 59, a grammar dating from the 18th century, is a work of study, the book is no less fascinating for its…
In: Care and conservation of manuscripts 18, Proceedings of the eighteenth international seminar held at the University of Copenhagen 14th–16th April 2021, Edited by M.J.…
Unlike the Mughal miniatures which were framed with sumptuous borders made of gold-flecked, painted, gilded and marbled paper, the borders of the Pahari works were…
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