Subject: Iron gall ink and discoloration
At the Bibliotheque de Geneve we've got a manuscript on vellum on which someone used a solution applied with a brush probably in order to improve the contrast of the iron gall ink (or to copy the manuscript?). Now the surface is light blue and the ink dark blue. However, in some parts it became hardly readable (conglomerate). Does anyone know about this phenomenon and know how it could be reduced? You can see some at <URL:https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mpaw22455jk4hg3/tuEfxTgG26> *** Conservation DistList Instance 27:40 Distributed: Friday, April 18, 2014 Message Id: cdl-27-40-013 ***Received on Sunday, 13 April, 2014