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Paper Through Time: Specimens Tested

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: IMLS number: 1361-001, Ad Herennium Libri IV

: IMLS number: 13uu-001, Postillae of Albert of Padua

: IMLS number: 13uu-002, Patristic Miscellany

: IMLS number: 13uu-003, Liber de legibus et praeceptis

: IMLS number: 13uu-004, Patristic Miscellany

: IMLS number: 1407-001, Mamotractus vocabulorum sacre theologie

: IMLS number: 1420-001, Untitled

: IMLS number: 1425-001, Here begynnith the firste volum of Syr Iohn Froissart: of the cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretaine, Flaunders: and other places adioynynge. Translated oute of Frenche into oure materall [sic] Engly

: IMLS number: 1430-001, Saturae; Carmina; Partitiones Oratoriae

: IMLS number: 1430-002, Saturae; Carmina; Partitiones Oratoriae

: IMLS number: 1432-001, Executoria contra la ciudad de Cuenca

: IMLS number: 1435-001, Scripta Bibliae

: IMLS number: 1435-002, Scripta Bibliae

: IMLS number: 1437-001, Vita et miracula sancti Antonii de Padua

: IMLS number: 1450-001, Interpres vocabulorum

: IMLS number: 1450-002, Compilation of religious texts from northern France

: IMLS number: 1450-003, Compilation of religious texts from northern France

: IMLS number: 1450-005, Untitled

: IMLS number: 1454-001, A noble fragment, being a leaf of the Gutenberg Bible 1450-1455

: IMLS number: 1455-001, Commentarij & expositiones Georgij Trapezuntij in Aphorismis libri fructus Ptolomei ...

: IMLS number: 1460-001, Catholicon

: IMLS number: 1460-002, Satirae

: IMLS number: 1460-003, Satirae

: IMLS number: 1460-004, Tractatus rationis et conscientiae

: IMLS number: 1462-001, [Humanistic miscellany]

: IMLS number: 1463-001, De primo bello punico in volghare

: IMLS number: 1464-001, Humanistic Collection

: IMLS number: 1465-001, Pharsalia

: IMLS number: 1465-002, Pharsalia

: IMLS number: 1466-001, A Leaf from the Letters of St. Jerome, first printed by Sixtus Reissinger [i.e. Riessinger], Rome, c. 1466-1467

: IMLS number: 1468-001, Opera

: IMLS number: 1468-002, De civitate dei : Mit Kommentar von Thomas Waleys und Nicolaus Trivet

: IMLS number: 1468-003, Bibllia Latina

: IMLS number: 1469-001, Historiae Konr.

: IMLS number: 1470-001, Laurentij Vallensis uiri clarissimi Aduersus Pogium Ter̃inouariũ defensio

: IMLS number: 1470-002, Epistolae

: IMLS number: 1470-005, Incipit Tractatus de simplificac[i]o[n]e, stabilic[i]one seu mu[n]dificac[i]one cordis M[a]g[ist]ri Ioha[n]nis Gerson ... ; [Incipit Tractatus ali[us] eiusdem prefati magistri de directione seu rectitudine cordis ; Incipit Dyalogus

: IMLS number: 1470-006, Tractatulus venerabilis M[a]g[ist]ri Joh[annis] Gerson, Cancellarij P[ar]isien[sis], De cognic[i]o[n]e castitatis [et] pollucionib[us] diurnis ; [Forma absoluc[i]onis sacramentalis eiusdem Magistri Joh[annis] Gerson]

: IMLS number: 1470-007, Incipit Tractatus de simplificac[i]o[n]e, stabilic[i]one seu mu[n]dificac[i]one cordis M[a]g[ist]ri Ioha[n]nis Gerson ... ; [Incipit Tractatus ali[us] eiusdem prefati magistri de directione seu rectitudine cordis ; Incipit Dyalogus

: IMLS number: 1471-001, German manuscript, first part of which contains the Hieronymus translated by Johann von Neumarkt

: IMLS number: 1471-003, Incipiut tituli Questionu[m] de xij q[uo]dlibet fratris Thome de Aq[ui]no de ordine [pre]dicato[rum] s[e]c[un]d[u]m ordine[m] alfabeti assignati

: IMLS number: 1472-001, Quadragesimale De Poenitentia

: IMLS number: 1472-002, Opera

: IMLS number: 1472-004, Incipit tabula g[enera]lis o[mni]um sermonu[m] in hoc volumine [con]te[n]tor[um]

: IMLS number: 1472-007, Tractatus de universailbus [cum decem aliis

: IMLS number: 1472-008, Tractatus de universailbus [cum decem aliis

: IMLS number: 1473-001, Quadragesimale De Poententa

: IMLS number: 1473-002, Mammotrectus

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Title: Paper Through Time: Specimens Tested
Creator: Barrett, Timothy
Date Created: 1361/1895
Description: Historical papers vary considerably in their present-day condition for reasons that are not fully understood. This website shares the results of research on 1,578 paper specimens made between the fourteenth and the nineteenth centuries. The papers tested were selected from collections at the Newberry Library and The University of Iowa, and were analyzed using nondestructive instrumentation. The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Kress Foundation, and The University of Iowa provided funding support. The results of this 2007-10 project show that the oldest papers are often in the best condition, in part, we believe, because they contain high levels of gelatin and calcium. "People often wonder why in the digital age we should be concerned about paper stability," says principal investigator Timothy Barrett. "Artifacts on paper often contain valuable information related to human history that is not accessible in a digital image. Not only do these artifacts need to be preserved for future generations, but paper copies that can be read without electronic hardware will continue to be essential backups to the digital record long into the future." The results of this research will be of special interest to paper historians, paper and book conservators, and producers of archival papers.
Subjects: Library of Congress Subject Headings: Paper -- Deterioration
Archival Collection: Paper Through Time: Non-Destructive Analysis of 14th Through 19th Century Papers
Collection Guide: http://paper.lib.uiowa.edu/index.php
Physical Description: 1587 images
Date Digital: 2008/2011
Item Type (DCMI): Collection