Workshop on book conservation

Workshop on book conservation
Piazza Torrigiani 15
Vico Val d'Elsa
Firenze
Italy

The workshop is intended to train students who wish to gain
experience in the field of conservation of books.  Students will
have the opportunity to characterize the works with scientific
instruments.  The exercises will be carried out on material from the
seventeenth to the nineteenth century.

The workshop will last four weeks for a total of 180 hours of
lessons during which students will complete the work of recognition
of the conservation status of the object examined and they will
present the conservation project.

They will have the opportunity to exercise little restoration work
under the supervision of a teacher of the subject.  The workshop
will begin 29 July, 2013.  Students will be divided into groups of 4
persons.

At the end the students will reach the required number of hours to
spend as Italian college credits.

Facilities will ask 450 euro.

Rosanna Chiggiato
Lecturer of Techniques of Conservation of Paper Materials
Department Technologies for the Preservation and Restoration
Ca 'Foscari University of Venice


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