#manuscript conservation

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Toxic Materials in Manuscript Illuminations Reveal Hidden Dangers in Ancient Books

If Books Could Kill, the toxic materials in manuscript illuminations will kill you. A new exhibition at the Waters Art Museum explores how substances like lead and arsenic shaped illuminated manuscripts and art.

The toxic materials in manuscript illuminations like Mors, An Illustrated Manuscript Confessory for the Use of a Deaf Youth, Netherlandish, ca. 1819, make them dangerous beauty. Image: Walters Art Museum. If Books Could Kill, the toxic materials in manuscript illuminations will kill you. A new exhibition at the Waters Art Museum explores how substances like lead and arsenic shaped illuminated…

Toxic Materials in Manuscript Illuminations Reveal Hidden Dangers in Ancient Books

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Quick life update: I have finished grad school and started my new internship! I have also started a new blog about my new internship!

So if you are interested in learning a bit about heritage/manuscript conservation in the UK, museum-based internships, or medieval manuscript illumination please give it a look! I will also post a lot of pictures of pretty things and am likely to have posts every few weeks that are more fun and image based (paintings of people holding books within books, halloween costumes you could make based on manuscript illumination, etc.)

The first two posts are a bit wordy, but there will be more actual conservation from here on out. Feel free to drop me a question or comment if you'd like :)

ps. more art to come soon! I've actually been back to drawing and will have things to show you soon (especially for you guys who I owe gifts I'm sorry they've taken so long!!)