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Vol. xxx, 2006
CASE STUDY : “CONSERVATION OF PAPER DOCUMENT"
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been done on the handmade paper, and the ink used for writing was a lamp-black ink. The writing has been done in two scripts, namely Persian and Devanagri. Condition of the Document:
The document was received in a very badly damaged condition, weak and very fragile, and at many place holes were noted and even few portion were torn out and lost (figure 1). Previously the document was restored by someone in the unscientific manner and produced brittleness on the paper and unidentified heavy dark stains on the writing portion because of the choice of faulty adhesive used for lining of cotton cloth from rear side (figure 2). The acidity of 5 pH has been recorded by the pH strip reading. The length of this document is pretty long to store without fold or roll, but by the faulty choice of folding the long document has resulted in crease and tear on the same portion (figure 3)
figure 1 - fragility of paper document
figure 2 - stain caused by faulty adhesive
figure 3 a, b - unscientific storage practice has caused folds and cracks from creases
