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World Service,27 Aug 2004,22 mins

Restoration Science - paper and parchment

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Investigating the conservation of paper and parchment. Exploring the conservation of an 800 page manuscript 'The Book of Curiosities' dated as being over 900 years old and papers written by JRR Tolkien at the Bodleian Library.

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