Department Chair
Patrick Ravines
Date of Award
8-2018
Access Control
Open Access
Degree Name
Art Conservation, M.A., C.A.S.
Department
Art Conservation Department
Advisor
Theresa J. Smith
Advisor
Gary L. Frost
Department Home page
https://artconservation.buffalostate.edu
Abstract
The third edition of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra’s El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha from the collection of University at Buffalo Library was examined and treated. A proposed timeline of repairs was constructed based on information gathered through historical research, multiband imaging, x-radiography, and microscopy. The analysis identified at least four possible sewing events and revealed differences in fiber morphology of the papers composing the textblock. The study of past interventions guided the current conservation treatment. Old repairs were kept intact where possible, and the textblock was rebound in a conservation style hybrid structure that resembles the current state of the old book covers.
Recommended Citation
Bator, Katarzyna, "ADVENTURES WITH DON QUIXOTE: EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT" (2018). Art Conservation Master's Projects. 57.
https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/art_con_projects/57
