Many thanks to Ann-Marie Miller Codex Conservation for a very useful discussion based on forensic analysis as to how the Thorpe album came about. This sheds unique light on the scope of this precious collection hence on my project Sir John Soane's Museum 🏛️🖼️ Kent School of Architecture and Planning University of Kent @BritishAcademy.

Forensic investigations of the incredible Thorpe Album Sir John Soane's Museum 🏛️🖼️ with Manolo Guerci

Day 1 @CCManuscripts 19 and plenty of tackets! It is wonderful to see old colleagues and friends...#booknerds #bookconservation

Loved the paper from #culconservation @CCManuscripts 19 on the Curious Cures project. What a great resource for medieval medical texts

It's a joy organising and cleaning the space with your amazing volunteers

Another joyful day practical training in collection care & storage with Codex Conservation & archive volunteers London Museum of Water & Steam. If you wonder if you should apply for an AIM Pilgrim Trust grant stop wondering & apply in the next round. We have 3 more days training next month 😀

Emma Codex Conservation London Museum of Water & Steam AIM Pilgrim Trust & that’s not even the end of the day 😀

As we go through these wonderful journals, there’s evidence that their maker performed some conservation himself! Old rust stains suggest that ephemera were originally fastened with a metal pin. These were later removed, and the inserts reattached with a loop of thread instead!

Volume 6 (1926-37) is the behemoth of the JJ Morris collection. 132 pages feature ephemera, leaving the journal lopsided. This unwieldy textblock needed an extra support of alum-tawed skin sewn to the spine so that the structure can flex freely and securely when handled.

Another great day working with the collection volunteers at the London Museum of Water & Steam, preparing the Archive's treasures for the latest members' talk

London Museum of Water & Steam volunteers were putting our new clean workshop through its paces for the 1st time today supported by Codex Conservation. The fab end to 5 training days & they’re now ready & excited to get to grips with our collection care programming. Thanks AIM Pilgrim Trust😀

Here are just some of the colourful, repurposed boards used by JJ Morris when binding his journals. He would often cut boards off exisiting notebooks or boxes and recycle them. These lovely surprises were revealed when removing covering paper for cleaning and repair.

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youtu.be/rOrAUsTxTOE Here's a video from our latest fantastic project. Great work Eleanor!

Watch this great video made by Eleanor, impact Heritage intern:

Amazing to see the Dulwich College first folio and the huge inspiration that it's been to the students. An incredible exhibition of Tudor theatre artefacts.

Changing over the water maps The Charterhouse museum. We are preparing for the return of the earliest parchment map c.1470 over 3.5m long

And we were delighted we could help make this acquisition possible! Given the court book’s condition, you might want to talk to our lovely colleagues at National Manuscripts Conservation Trust to discuss an application for a conservation grant.

This is really excellent news!

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