parchment manuscript waste wrapper
Sinai
16th Century
Source: Nikolas Sarris, 'Binding or Rebinding at St Catherine’s Monastery of Sinai', in: [The Manuscript Library of St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai]
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
A parchment manuscript waste wrapper was applied as an outer protective layer over an existing rebinding of Sinai, Gr. 1336. The text block was written in 1564 by a Sinai monk, and within 50 to 70 years following its completion, the volume required rebinding. Later, to protect this damaged rebinding, the parchment wrapper was added (p. 363).
Original Recipe Text
A parchment manuscript waste wrapper was applied as an outer protective layer over an existing rebinding of Sinai, Gr. 1336. The text block was written in 1564 by a Sinai monk, and within 50 to 70 years following its completion, the volume required rebinding. Later, to protect this damaged rebinding, the parchment wrapper was added (p. 363).
Evidence
"the rebinding was damaged too and a parchment manuscript waste wrapper was placed to protect it, which has also consequently been torn."
Remarks
The Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, Gr. 1336 is cited as a particular case of an excessively used book. Despite three layers of bindings, rebindings, and repairs, the parchment wrapper itself has not made it through intact to our day, having also been torn, demonstrating the extreme extent of use and exposure manuscripts from the Sinai library often faced (p. 363).
Scientific Analysis
Chemical CompositionCollagen
Analytical Techniques
Codicological analysis
Visual examination
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper TypeParchment
RegionSinai
Approx. Year1550
Source Information
AuthorNikolas Sarris, 'Binding or Rebinding at St Catherine’s Monastery of Sinai', in: [The Manuscript Library of St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai]
CollectionSinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, Gr. 1336 (Diktyon 59711)
Language
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