Methods of Aqueous Treatments: The Last Resort for Badly Damaged Iron Gall Ink Manuscripts

Véronique Rouchon · Marthes Desroches · Valéria Duplat · Marine Letouzey · Julie Stordiau-Pallot

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The calcium phytate treatment has given rise to intensive research. Despite its efficiency largely having being demonstrated, this treatment is not used on badly damaged manuscripts mainly because water is used as a solvent. Indeed, exposing badly damaged paper to aqueous solutions is paired with a substantial risk of causing additional splits and losses, which has so far hindered the use of calcium phytate on the most vulnerable manuscripts. This work investigates ways of manipulating badly damaged manuscripts during aqueous treatments. It was first tried out on test samples then originals. The results showed that mechanical risk is greatly minimized when the treatment is performed byflotation and with specific handling and drying precautions.Wässrige Behandlung von Tintenfraß: Letzter Ausweg für schwer geschädigte EisengallusmanuskripteDie Calciumphytatbehandlung ist Gegenstand intensiver Forschungsarbeit. Obwohl ihre Wirksamkeit hinlänglich erwiesen ist, wird sie bei stark geschädigten Handschriften nicht angewandt, da Wasser als Lösungsmittel zum Einsatz kommt. Tatsächlich kann eine wässrige Behandlung zu weiteren Rissen und Substanzverlust im behandelten Papier führen. Daher wurde bislang bei derart gefährdeten Handschriften meist auf eine Phytatbe- handlung verzichtet. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht verschiedene Methoden, stark geschädigte Manuskripte wässrig zu behandeln. Die Tests wurden zunächst an Probepapieren dann an Originalen durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse zeigten, daß sich das Risiko mechanischer Schäden deutlich verringert, wenn man das Papier schwimmend wässert und besondere Vorkehrungen bei seiner Handhabung und Trocknung trifft.

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1995Phytate: a Potential Conservation Agent for the Treatment of Ink Corrosion Caused by Irongall Inks 2005Stabilisation of Paper Containing Iron-Gall Ink with Current Aqueous Processes 2009The Water Sensitivity of Iron Gall Ink and its Risk Assessment 2008Work standard for the treatment of 18th- and 19th-century iron gall ink documents with calcium phytate and calcium hydrogen carbonate

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