This is literally my dream. I honestly didn’t know there were schools you could go to to learn this stuff, which is crazy bc obviously people learn it from somewhere. I’ve just started binding my own sketch books to get down the basics and repairing some overly loved family favorites. But I want to learn so much more 😍
I believe this restoration in taking place in Egypt and done by Egyptians. If so, I would be so proud. And in all cases I am excited to watch this meticulous work.
I think the book is the "Paradiso de' contemplativi parte quarta de la luce dell'anima," a work of mysticism by the Franciscan Bartolomeo de Saluzzo. I can't figure out which edition this is, but it could be the first, which was published in Rome in 1607 by the heirs of Luigi Zanetti. There is just one known copy (I think) of the first, which resides at the Library at the University of Seville. It would make some sense that the copy being restored in the video is a first edition, as the later editions (several between 1608 and 1614, and another in 1674), are all a bit more common. A very impressive restoration.
I read the description about the pages containing inactive mould, but When doing conservation, work gloves are not just worn for the protection of the conservationist, but also for the protection of the object being restored. Oils from the skin can be damaging. As for the students saying the gloves make them "feel clumsy," they need better fitting gloves.
I stumbled across this video but I am so glad I did! It was amazing to watch the conservation of such an old book in such awful conditions. Very excellent work!
DESCRIPTION DISCLAIMER for those of you wondering... Before giving this object to the students, it has been treated to be sure that the molds are not active. In addition, most of the conservators believe that using gloves in many cases make them clumsy and more likely to create more damage to the object. Molds are dangerous and detrimental to health. You should take into account all the necessary handling precautions. In case of active molds, I urge you to use gloves and mask to handle these moldy materials.
assalamualaikum fellow brother!I know this is random but do you know what makes me feel so happy about this video? it's the fact that there are actually Muslims who are involved in this kind of work I've been wanting to get into this kind of field since I was a child I have sincerely loved history, art and science for years Now I am 17 there are times when I get confused whether I should pursue my dream career as either an archaeologist or a historian honestly I haven't really made up my mind about what field I'm gonna get into later in the university but this video actually inspired me ..and also taught me that it's not impossible to chase my childhood dream 😁
Thank you for your fantastic words. Saving heritage is a global language, I am really happy that you have inspired by this video. wishing you a good luck.
This is amazing, thank you for posting. I've got a first edition "Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates" I picked up at a garage sale years ago that's in similarly horrid condition. Your video gives me hope I can have it fixed one day.
You should make sure all the mold on it is inactive, though. Mold can be pretty dangerous, wether you touch it or breath it. I'm not a scientist though, so I don't really know if book mold can be that dangerous but just for your safety. They wrote in the video description that the book mold was made sure to inactive before the students can handle it.
الفيديو دوت انا ممكن شفتو اكثر من خمسين مرة. ما بيتملش ابدا. و الله انا اعيش لحظات العمل معاكم لدرجة اني اطلعت على جنبات الورشة و تموضع الخامات و الادوات ووو... حقيقي شغل فني و علمي و حضاري رائع .. انا بحييكم استاذ شريف و اتمنى من ربنا انو يوفقني اني امشي في نفس طريقكم الجميلة ذي. تحيتي ليكم و للطقم الشغال معاكم. كل الاعجاب و التقدير و الاحترام . محبكم ابو عبد الحميد من الجزائر.
Would be nice if you made a nice hard cover for it. Also I'm not sure what the terminology is but evening out the edge of the pages would make it look nicer!
+Ginny855 Thank you for your comment, and definitely I agree with you, molds are very dangerous and detrmintal to health; as it is not recommend to deal with it without gloves unless you sure it is inactive. However, you will find the answer of your question on the discreption part of this video
Sherif Afifi Sorry, I didn't find the answer, maybe I'm blind :D As far as I know even dead mold could be very dangerous... but I guess you all survived it ;) ...you did a great job anyway!
Gloves are actually not generally recommended when handling antiquarian books, as cotton gloves absorb and transfer dust and latex gloves are coated in a powder which may be damaging to books. The books I worked with were generally vellum and the natural oils found on dry, clean hands were good for the books overtime, though I'm no expert on seventh century books and so I can't say if that would apply. We'd typically handle books with mold problems with vinyl gloves, but the downside of them is, with the loss of touch, they make you a bit more clumsy, so I can understand why, with a book as delicate as this, they'd go for bare hands.
Amy M I'm studying paper conservation, so I know the disadvantages of gloves (especially cotton gloves). But we also have to protect ourselves, so we have to wear powderfree vinyl gloves :)
What is the book about? In the end I noticed a lot of content of the pages missing. I was expecting you guys would have puzzled it a little better. I know it was in awful conditions but maybe do a little puzzling the pieces back together so you don't have huge chunks without words and sentences.
Beautiful work! Congratulations! I have a book that got wet and after it dried the pages were stuck. When you try to remove them they tear. What should I do to take off without tearing? Thanks Trabalho lindo! Parabéns! Tenho um livro que molhou e depois de seco as páginas ficaram coladas. Ao tentar tirar elas se rasgam. O que eu devo fazer para descolar sem rasgar?
I'm extremely impressed that the students were able to clean and separate the pages of that awful lump they started with. I wasn't very impressed with the headband they stitched though, the colors were unevenly spaced creating a unsymmetrical random look. Unless that's the look they were going for, in which case they nailed it!
@Z Ross - They didn't mention if the students _passed_ the course, or not? OR How many got sick weeks or months later & they still don't know why? 🤔 We all _must:_ 🤣🤣 "Just member dat, dem is books smarts, _not_ common sense smarts." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
there's no way that this is a 17th century book it would not have been handled in such a manner and it does not look to appear that old. It looks as though it is a book no more than 30 years old that's been left in the rain to sit and be used as a demonstration of a what if scenario.
However, one thing puzzles me. All that work, and those so-fragile pages, and you guys chose a binding with absolutely no structure or support whatsoever, which will let those carefully restored paged flop and flap and curl?
I'm only wondering about safety here. What the temperature in that room is,i.e. is it cold enough, and that everyone _should_be wearing eye-wear and masks. The pages being handled appear to be rife with mold spores. Pulmonary mycoses is just awful.
Thanks for your comment and question. Leaf casting machine was not available in this lab that is why we tend to mend papers manually and that was one of the challenges.
Hi I love book restoration and really enjoyed this video but I have no clue what the book is. I've seen that you have told people the information is listed in the description of the video but all it says is that it is a rare book from the seventeenth century. If you know the name of the book, or could include some type of excerpt in a reply to this I would really appreciate it. Or if you have like pictures maybe you could post them to imgir to let people see them!
Bleaching (whiten) is completely not recommended during old paper treatment, that was only de-acidification, However, chlorine usually used during the bleaching process
Sherif Afifi yeah, limited materials and basic tools. It could have been done better with high grader tools and materials. Why was a challenge put in place?
The Restoration of Dr Who . It was a Master students assignment project - as it was described - (assignment means you have a specific time to finish given task in accordance to certain available time, and conditions) and that was one of the challenges TIME FACTOR.
Very interesting video, thanks for sharing! May I ask if the print on the reverse of the original pages is "lost" to the preservation process when they are mounted on the new paper, or is there a process to reveal this print? Thank you.
+Rupert Thomson thank you, and definitely the print on the verso side of the the paper has been mended as the recto, only the missing parts. So, it is not a mounting process for the paper, conservators usually do mending not mounting is such cases.
A friend of mine has his family's Al Qur'an. The cover and binding is falling apart but he is afraid to send it away to be repaired lest it is harmed. What should he do?
TheAngelaification he can ask a consultation from a conservation lab near to him, other wise keeping his rare object in a acid free box until he find a specialist conservator to do the necessary work.
I find this very disappointing. If they had even put up a captioned explanation of what the various steps were and what they were doing, it would have been terrific.
read the description. "Disclaimer: Before giving this object to the students, it has been treated to be sure that the molds are not active. In addition, most of the conservators believe that using gloves in many cases make them clumsy and more likely to create more damage to the object. Molds are dangerous and detrimental to health. You should take into account all the necessary handling precautions. In case of active molds, I urge you to use gloves and mask to handle these moldy materials. "
As good as restoring/repairing antiques is, it kind of pains me to see someone do this, by the end it's nothing like it once was. But I guess if it weren't for people who were into antiques and willing to "restore" these items, we would know alot less of our history than we do currently.
It would have been great to know something about the book; its title, its age, its contents, etc.
Ikr it’s just a “rare book”
Thought it was:
'Bubbles in the Bath' by: Ivor Windybottom
Looks like a very old Quran. They are saved in a special sacred cave in Pakistan (?) and none can ever be destroyed!
It's in italian. I can see the words Father in the top. So most likely it's about Theology, otherwise maybe a play.
@Barbara Jordan Nothing about it looks like a 17th century Quran
This is literally my dream. I honestly didn’t know there were schools you could go to to learn this stuff, which is crazy bc obviously people learn it from somewhere. I’ve just started binding my own sketch books to get down the basics and repairing some overly loved family favorites. But I want to learn so much more 😍
The book is in Italian
Proud to see something of my culture restored and saved. You're amazing! Good job!
looks latin
@@jasperdenotter2066 sia latino che italiano, libro religioso (angelo, benedetto ecc.)
Everyone before you question the mold and no gloves read the description first!
Are hands not acidic!!?
It's hard to believe anyone would have thought you could resurrect anything in that condition.
Oh, that endlessly repeating music... irritating.
So....mute the sound.
I just muted the sound
I also turned down the sound.
This tune is seemingly like that old mobile ice-cream van that went around selling soft serve ice-cream.
Narration would be better.
I enjoyed it
Dear lord in Heaven! To say this was a challenge was to make the understatement of the year. 😲😁
I believe this restoration in taking place in Egypt and done by Egyptians.
If so, I would be so proud. And in all cases I am excited to watch this meticulous work.
I think the book is the "Paradiso de' contemplativi parte quarta de la luce dell'anima," a work of mysticism by the Franciscan Bartolomeo de Saluzzo. I can't figure out which edition this is, but it could be the first, which was published in Rome in 1607 by the heirs of Luigi Zanetti. There is just one known copy (I think) of the first, which resides at the Library at the University of Seville. It would make some sense that the copy being restored in the video is a first edition, as the later editions (several between 1608 and 1614, and another in 1674), are all a bit more common. A very impressive restoration.
I read the description about the pages containing inactive mould, but When doing conservation, work gloves are not just worn for the protection of the conservationist, but also for the protection of the object being restored. Oils from the skin can be damaging. As for the students saying the gloves make them "feel clumsy," they need better fitting gloves.
Thanks for the comment. Regarding using gloves or not, please read this article
www.sherifafifi.info/blogs/post/using-gloves-or-not-in-conservation/
I really surprised that the book was able to be restored.Oustanding performance very professional. my congratulations to all the workers
I stumbled across this video but I am so glad I did! It was amazing to watch the conservation of such an old book in such awful conditions. Very excellent work!
DESCRIPTION DISCLAIMER for those of you wondering...
Before giving this object to the students, it has been treated to be sure that the molds are not active. In addition, most of the conservators believe that using gloves in many cases make them clumsy and more likely to create more damage to the object.
Molds are dangerous and detrimental to health. You should take into account all the necessary handling precautions. In case of active molds, I urge you to use gloves and mask to handle these moldy materials.
assalamualaikum fellow brother!I know this is random but do you know what makes me feel so happy about this video? it's the fact that there are actually Muslims who are involved in this kind of work
I've been wanting to get into this kind of field since I was a child
I have sincerely loved history, art and science for years
Now I am 17
there are times when I get confused whether I should pursue my dream career as either an archaeologist or a historian
honestly I haven't really made up my mind about what field I'm gonna get into later in the university but this video actually inspired me ..and also taught me that it's not impossible to chase my childhood dream 😁
Thank you for your fantastic words. Saving heritage is a global language, I am really happy that you have inspired by this video. wishing you a good luck.
I am an archeaology student :) So if you have any question feel free to ask!
This is amazing, thank you for posting.
I've got a first edition "Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates" I picked up at a garage sale years ago that's in similarly horrid condition. Your video gives me hope I can have it fixed one day.
You should make sure all the mold on it is inactive, though. Mold can be pretty dangerous, wether you touch it or breath it. I'm not a scientist though, so I don't really know if book mold can be that dangerous but just for your safety.
They wrote in the video description that the book mold was made sure to inactive before the students can handle it.
This was so interesting to watch. I so admire your concentration, patience and talent. Thank you for posting this
thanks for your comment.
The process and complete restoration of that little volume was lovely. Thank you so much for sharing this!
What a beautiful little volume. Something worth saving. Thank you
Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing. Can you imagine if we all took this kind of care in our efforts?
Too bad we'll never be able to actually repair a book like this due to lack of info.
I like the music, and being a Bibliophile I say nice job!
Same!
Thank you for saving an italian book!
Getting started in bookbinding, this was fascinating -
الفيديو دوت انا ممكن شفتو اكثر من خمسين مرة. ما بيتملش ابدا. و الله انا اعيش لحظات العمل معاكم لدرجة اني اطلعت على جنبات الورشة و تموضع الخامات و الادوات ووو... حقيقي شغل فني و علمي و حضاري رائع .. انا بحييكم استاذ شريف و اتمنى من ربنا انو يوفقني اني امشي في نفس طريقكم الجميلة ذي. تحيتي ليكم و للطقم الشغال معاكم. كل الاعجاب و التقدير و الاحترام . محبكم ابو عبد الحميد من الجزائر.
Yeah whatever
Travail très remarquable such a great work of art many thanks for sharing :) :) :) Un bonjour de France (Bretagne )
superbe maîtrise merci pour cet enrichissement :) :)
merci à vous surtout :) bonne soirée
A charming video and so good to see what looks like a terminal case brought back from the brink.
Wish I can do it so nice let me know possibility to learn
This was absolutely incredible to see. Book conservation and restoration is not something I have seen much of on youtube. Would love to see more.
In the description you say it is "a moldy 17th-century rare book." What book is it? And do you have higher-resolution page images?
Why no gloves?
i thought the same
the project screamed gloves
A lot of rare book libraries believe that gloves make you clumsy and more likely to damage the book.
evcotter08 gloves do make you more clumsy. Hate using them every time I have to
Plus dont like the oils of your skin break down the pages faster or is that only with like parchment and stuff?
...and respirators too!
Such skilled and detailed work. I'm impressed!
thanks a lot
Great Job... Thanks for all the ECAP Master Students , And a Special Thanks for Prof. Simona Inserra.
Could the fragments be read continually well, the missing parts figured out in context? Nice job fixing it.
I'm no expert, but shouldnt the pages be encased in like acrylic sheets? Being bound in paper would let it get ruined again in time.
Thanks Sheriff! I always wondered if restoring paper documents is possible. Now I know🙂✌🏻
Would be nice if you made a nice hard cover for it. Also I'm not sure what the terminology is but evening out the edge of the pages would make it look nicer!
Very satisfying to watch
Snake_XIX thanks a lot
Why don't you wear gloves? :O I know it's easier to handle the paper without, but that's some bad mold!
+Ginny855 Thank you for your comment, and definitely I agree with you, molds are very dangerous and detrmintal to health; as it is not recommend to deal with it without gloves unless you sure it is inactive. However, you will find the answer of your question on the discreption part of this video
Sherif Afifi Sorry, I didn't find the answer, maybe I'm blind :D As far as I know even dead mold could be very dangerous... but I guess you all survived it ;) ...you did a great job anyway!
Gloves are actually not generally recommended when handling antiquarian books, as cotton gloves absorb and transfer dust and latex gloves are coated in a powder which may be damaging to books. The books I worked with were generally vellum and the natural oils found on dry, clean hands were good for the books overtime, though I'm no expert on seventh century books and so I can't say if that would apply. We'd typically handle books with mold problems with vinyl gloves, but the downside of them is, with the loss of touch, they make you a bit more clumsy, so I can understand why, with a book as delicate as this, they'd go for bare hands.
Amy M I'm studying paper conservation, so I know the disadvantages of gloves (especially cotton gloves). But we also have to protect ourselves, so we have to wear powderfree vinyl gloves :)
Ginny855 ,,
Ah, that was really enjoyable to watch, thank you!
What is the book about? In the end I noticed a lot of content of the pages missing. I was expecting you guys would have puzzled it a little better. I know it was in awful conditions but maybe do a little puzzling the pieces back together so you don't have huge chunks without words and sentences.
How to do it in my house????? I don't have that thing to do
Beautiful work!
Congratulations!
I have a book that got wet and after it dried the pages were stuck.
When you try to remove them they tear.
What should I do to take off without tearing?
Thanks
Trabalho lindo!
Parabéns!
Tenho um livro que molhou e depois de seco as páginas ficaram coladas.
Ao tentar tirar elas se rasgam.
O que eu devo fazer para descolar sem rasgar?
Thank you for the video. How unique is this book?
What's the name of this book? perhaps it would be better to use the white capital.
+
I agree
I'm extremely impressed that the students were able to clean and separate the pages of that awful lump they started with.
I wasn't very impressed with the headband they stitched though, the colors were unevenly spaced creating a unsymmetrical random look. Unless that's the look they were going for, in which case they nailed it!
So beautiful and very good work
This is beautiful beyond words! Thanks for sharing :)
just imagine that someone turn on the FAN. :))
Ali Hureiby - Damn you! The whole time I was watching I was thinking about making that comment. 😀
That's pure evil xD
AAARRGGHHH !! "Oops, Sorry .... 😳"
That is the most obnoxious piano I've ever heard.
RedStick CBR XD the best comment I’ve seen
Why isn't everyone wearing a mask. Also those aren't anti mold masks.
Z Ross masks are for white people
@Z Ross - They didn't mention if the students _passed_ the course, or not?
OR How many got sick weeks or months later & they still don't know why? 🤔
We all _must:_
🤣🤣 "Just member dat, dem is books smarts, _not_ common sense smarts." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Read the description
Not everyone is extra sensitive to mold
Music is sick. That must be some important book! So many people working on it! Probably not in English at least not yet!
this was a glorious piece of work. Bravo!!
What was used to kill the mold? Also, what was the paper washed with?
Ethylene
Such a satisfying video. Where was this done?
Masha’Allah, great work on that restoration!!
there's no way that this is a 17th century book it would not have been handled in such a manner and it does not look to appear that old. It looks as though it is a book no more than 30 years old that's been left in the rain to sit and be used as a demonstration of a what if scenario.
Mind. Blown. AMAZING!!
However, one thing puzzles me. All that work, and those so-fragile pages, and you guys chose a binding with absolutely no structure or support whatsoever, which will let those carefully restored paged flop and flap and curl?
Actual restoration starts at 1:05
Thank you for posting this interesting video. Well done to all the team!
Where are you guys based? Good video
Egypt.
Thank you for your comment
Them "washing" the pages made me so nervous!! This is wonderful though. :)
J. M. I was nervous too . .. I was nooo not water paper and water dont mix togheter !!!hahaha oh well glad to see they know what they're doing 😊
I'm only wondering about safety here. What the temperature in that room is,i.e. is it cold enough, and that everyone _should_be wearing eye-wear and masks. The pages being handled appear to be rife with mold spores. Pulmonary mycoses is just awful.
I don't understand how you saved both sides of a pages? You split them before glueing to paper?
By mending only the missing parts and tears using a specialized paper (Japanese Kozo paper)
Why didn't you use paper pulp for filling losses? Or i'm not right, you did?
Thanks for your comment and question. Leaf casting machine was not available in this lab that is why we tend to mend papers manually and that was one of the challenges.
Wonderful work, such great care taken. Thank you for sharing.
Saw everyone wearing masks and had to check the date on the video -- but then, ah yeah, right, it's mold
what is the content of the book?
Splendid work, thank you for sharing.
What was the books title, and how many where printed or written? really cool video anyway.
Hi I love book restoration and really enjoyed this video but I have no clue what the book is. I've seen that you have told people the information is listed in the description of the video but all it says is that it is a rare book from the seventeenth century. If you know the name of the book, or could include some type of excerpt in a reply to this I would really appreciate it. Or if you have like pictures maybe you could post them to imgir to let people see them!
Bravo! A joy to watch!
thanks a lot
And I was fretting over some of my books that needed repairing.
Beautiful teamwork and excellent finish despite the obstacles. I would LOVE to have been part of that project. :)
would love to see close up picture son the inside pages once restored.
Sure, with pleasure, send me your mail
Fascinating!
IS this how you would whiten yellow pages? What solution are they using?
Bleaching (whiten) is completely not recommended during old paper treatment, that was only de-acidification, However, chlorine usually used during the bleaching process
Fantastic to watch, the care taken, what is the book please and how old is it? Where did the restoration take place?
+LizMcNamara47
Thanks! Answers are on the discreption
Is this in Egypt?
Yes
They didn’t use gloves?
So it is a team work… grt
Why would they make you rush it? Wouldn't it be more beneficial for the book to do it in your own time?
The Restoration of Dr Who reading the video description at first is highly recommended; to understand more about the video and the project.
Sherif Afifi yeah, limited materials and basic tools. It could have been done better with high grader tools and materials. Why was a challenge put in place?
The Restoration of Dr Who . It was a Master students assignment project - as it was described - (assignment means you have a specific time to finish given task in accordance to certain available time, and conditions) and that was one of the challenges TIME FACTOR.
You mentioned you did this on a limited budget, how much are we talking about for this basic conservation method? Good job, by the way.
What's the name of the tool separating the paper?
Spatula
A wonderful team they did great job
without nitril gloves ?
Well done! Beautiful team work.
جميل جدا ما شاء الله
Very interesting video, thanks for sharing! May I ask if the print on the reverse of the original pages is "lost" to the preservation process when they are mounted on the new paper, or is there a process to reveal this print? Thank you.
+Rupert Thomson thank you, and definitely the print on the verso side of the the paper has been mended as the recto, only the missing parts. So, it is not a mounting process for the paper, conservators usually do mending not mounting is such cases.
Ah, I see! Thank you for making that clear.
A friend of mine has his family's Al Qur'an. The cover and binding is falling apart but he is afraid to send it away to be repaired lest it is harmed. What should he do?
TheAngelaification he can ask a consultation from a conservation lab near to him, other wise keeping his rare object in a acid free box until he find a specialist conservator to do the necessary work.
Should it be in a box rather than on display?
TheAngelaification sure
Thank you so much.
Does the air hurt it?
Nice work 😘😘😘😘😘😘
What kind of paper do they apply at 3:09?
It is an acid-free archival spunbond polyester tissue (pH7.0) called Reemay
Thank you
Is it okay to not weak gloves?
I find this very disappointing. If they had even put up a captioned explanation of what the various steps were and what they were doing, it would have been terrific.
And just as important, I assume the book was scanned/photographed and can now be read by anyone with a smartphone; today and forever in the future.
How many years old the book was?
Don't know you guys will get this comment or not but i wanted to know i have 1600 ad family tree i wanted to restore it can you help me out?
great 👍 work 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 salute you
Wow !
it was the mending part that I wanted to see, but that got skipped over :( cool to see the rest though!
Thank you for your comment. I may make a video about mending. Keep tuned
So what was the book?
why aren't they wearing gloves
read the description. "Disclaimer:
Before giving this object to the students, it has been treated to be sure that the molds are not active. In addition, most of the conservators believe that using gloves in many cases make them clumsy and more likely to create more damage to the object.
Molds are dangerous and detrimental to health. You should take into account all the necessary handling precautions. In case of active molds, I urge you to use gloves and mask to handle these moldy materials. "
As good as restoring/repairing antiques is, it kind of pains me to see someone do this, by the end it's nothing like it once was. But I guess if it weren't for people who were into antiques and willing to "restore" these items, we would know alot less of our history than we do currently.
Miracle workers.
thanks a lot