The collection of 24 drawings held at the Museum Volkenkunde depicts various birds from the western foothills of Himalaya, in the today-states of Himachal Pradesh…
in Unexpected fame: Conservation approaches to the preparatory object. Proceedings from the International Conference of the Icon Book & Paper Group, Oxford 1–2 October 2018…
When the lockdown is over, hopefully at the beginning of June, I will be starting a conservation and research project at the Volkenkunde Museum in…
Sutures in Sub-Saharan manuscripts While condition surveying manuscripts in the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar, in 2014, I encountered some intriguing repairs in a copy…
Continue reading → Between the gourd and the harp: historical repairs in African manuscripts
The drawing, from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam link, features the Coronation of Rama, an episode from the Rāmāyaṇa (Fig.1). It was produced in Kangra, a…
RCMC/FEl Fellowship 2020
