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Publications by Christopher Clarkson
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| 1975 |
“Protective Boxes
for Near
Eastern Book
covers from the Minassian Collection”. AIC Journal Vol. 15
No. 2
pp. 10-16.
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| 1975 |
“Limp Vellum Binding and its Potential as
a Conservation Type Structure for the Rebinding of Early Printed
Books– A Break with 19th and 20th Century Rebinding Attitudes
and
Practices”, ICOM Committee for Conservation, 4th Triennial
Meeting. Venice 1975 15 3: 1-15,
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| 1978 |
“The Conservation of Early
Books in Codex
Form: A personal Approach: Part 1. (Other parts were never published).
The Paper Conservator Vol. 3 pp. 33-50.
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| 1978 |
“Appendix B : A Note on
the Construction
of the Mondsee Gospel Lectionary”. The Journal of the Walters
Art
Gallery 1978, Volume. XXXVII, pp. 72-3.
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| 1980 |
“Conservation Priorities:
A Library
Conservator's View”. “Conservation of Library and
Archive
Materials and the Graphic Arts”. Ed. Guy Petherbridge.
Published
Butterworth, 1987. 4.1.4 pp. 235-238.
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| 1980 |
“The Preservation and
Display of Single
Parchment Leaves and Fragments”, “Conservation of
Library
and Archive Materials and the Graphic Arts”, Ed. Guy
Petherbridge. Published Butterworth 1987, 3.2.1. pp. 201–9.
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| 1982 |
“Limp Vellum Binding and
Its potential As
a Conservation Type Structure for the Rebinding of Early Printed
Books”. Pub. M. Gullick at the Red Gull Press. Hitchen. pp.
23
with line drawings by author (Reviewed by Guy Petherbridge, in
‘Fine Print”, Vol. II, No. 2 April 1985, p.
107– 8 ).
See also 2005 reprint with updated introduction.
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| 1983 |
“Storing and Framing
Parchment and
Vellum”. The Scribe Newsletter of the Society of Scribes and
Illuminators, Autumn 1983 No. 29, p. 15.
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| 1983 |
Book Review: Martinique (Edward):
Chinese
traditional bookbinding, a study of its evolution and techniques.
Chinese Materials Center, Taipei, 1983. (Asian library series, 19;
Studies in East Asian librarianship.) xiii, 67pp. ISBN 0-89644-596-8.
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| 1984 |
“The Book Shoe:
description &
uses”. Libraries Bulletin (Oxford University), No. 42
(Trinity
Term) 1984, pp. 4–7.
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| 1989 |
“Medieval and
Renaissance
Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery”. The publishing dates
of
the volumes range from 1989–. Published by the Johns Hopkins
University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore
and London. By Lilian M. C. Randall (Assisted by C. Clarkson
and
Jeanne Krochalis). Worked on through the 1970s-. These volumes contain
much which is pioneering terminology and description.
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| 1992 |
“English Monastic
Bookbinding in the 12th
Century”. ‘Ancient & Medieval Book
Materials &
Techniques’ Ed. M. Maniaci & P. F. Munafò,
1993, II,
pp 181–200. Post Print of ERICE (ITALY) Conference September,
1992.
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| 1992 |
“Rediscovering Parchment:
The Nature of
the Beast” The Paper Conservator Vol. 16 1992, pp. 5-26.
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| 1992 |
“A Conditioning Chamber
for Parchment and
Other Materials”. Also in the above publication pp.
27-30.
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| 1992 |
“Board
Slotting–A New Technique for
Re-attaching Bookboards”. IPC–Manchester Conference
Postprints, 1992, pp. 158-164
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| 1992 |
“Books and
Manuscripts”: A Chapter
in “Sotheby's Caring for Antiques”. Ed. M. T.
Simpson and
M. Huntley, Published Conran Octopus, London 1992 pp. 140-147.
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| 1994 |
“Housing Single-sheet
Material: The
Development of the Fascicule System at the Bodleian Library”,
co-authored with Helen Lindsay, The Paper Conservator vol. 18 pp. 40-48.
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| 1994 |
“An Historical Study
Collection. A
Fundamental Tool for the Training of the Book-Conservator”. A
conference paper given in Florence, Italy in 1986, marking 20 years
since the Flood.
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| 1995 |
“Thoughts on Sewing Frame
Design for the
Book Conservator” The Paper Conservator Vol.19 pp. 41-54.
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| 1995 |
“Preservation and
Conservation of Library
& Archive Collections”, Paper Conservation News No.
74, June
1995 pp. 6&7. A report at short notice to the Italian Library
&
Archive Heritage Department, Ministry of Culture.
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| 1996 |
“Annotated Bibliography of
Works By and
About Roger Powell”, an essay in Bibliologia 14,
“Roger
Powell - The Compleat Binder”, Edited by J.L. Sharpe,
Published
by Brepols, Turnhout 1996, ISBN 2-503-50434-5, D/1996/0095/41. pp.
57-67.
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| 1996 |
“Further Studies in
Anglo-Saxon to Norman
Binding Techniques of Manuscripts in The Bodleian Library” an
essay in Bibliologia 14, “Roger Powell–The Compleat
Binder”, Edited by J.L. Sharpe, Published by Brepols,
Turnhout
1996, ISBN 2-503-50434-5, D/1996/0095/41. pp. 154-214.
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| 1996 |
“A Hitherto Unrecorded
English Romanesque
Book Sewing Technique” an essay in Bibliologia 14,
“Roger
Powell - The Compleat Binder”, Edited by J.L. Sharpe.
Published
by Brepols, Turnhout 1996, ISBN 2-503-50434-5, D/1996/0095/41. pp.
215-239.
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| 1997 |
“The Safe Handling and
Display of Medieval
Manuscripts and Early Printed Books”. Post-print of Ljubljana
Book and Paper Conservation Conference (Slovenia), July 1996. Edited by
Jedert Vodopivec & Natasa Golob, pub. The Archives of the
Republic
of Slovenia. pp141-188. The English text and all illustrations have
been reprinted in “The New Bookbinder” vol. 19,
1999.
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| 1997 |
“Some Representations of
the Book and
Book-making from the Earliest Codex forms to Jost Amman”, an
illustrated essay in “ the Bible as Book: the Manuscript
Tradition”, Edited by J. L. Sharpe & Kimberley Van
Kampen.
Published by Oak Knoll Press 1997, ISBN 0 7123 4522 1. pp. 197-203.
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| 1999 |
“A Stiff-Board Vellum
Binding in which the
Covering has been Slotted across the Spine to Accommodate Raised
Bands”. International conference on conservation &
restoration of archival & library materials, Erice (Italy),
22nd–29th April 1996. Ed. C. Federici & P. F.
Munafò.
Pub., G. B. Palumbo Editore 1999, vol. II, pp. 537–549.
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| 1999 |
“Minimum intervention in
treatment of
books” Pre-prints, 9th. IADA-Congress, Copenhagen, August
16-21,
1999. The talk was illustrated with over 60 slides.
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| 2004 |
“The Permanent Display of
the Single
Parchment Membrane in Fluctuating Environmental Conditions: From Small
Charter to the Mappa Mundi”. Post-prints, proceedings of the
International Symposium, Ljubljana, 5 – 6 June 2003 (ISBN
961-6137-76-X), pp. 33 – 50.
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| 2005 |
Reprint, with updated introduction
of
“Limp Vellum Binding and Its potential As a Conservation Type
Structure for the Rebinding of Early Printed Books”. First
pub.,
by M. Gullick at the Red Gull Press. Hitchen, 1982, with line drawings
by author. Although the book stands alone some copies are included in a
teaching pack with a DVD containing an illustrated history of the
subject & introduction to the first official reprint of my 1971
film.
This book is available for online purchase, click for info & sales
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| 2006 |
“The Hereford World Map,
Condition
Report” the first report by C. Clarkson, Conference
Post-prints
The Hereford World Map: Medieval World Maps and their Context, edited
by P.D.A. Harvey (London: The British Library, pp. 95 –106.
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| 2006 |
“THE KENNICOTT
BIBLE–Its
illumination, Binding, Conservation Problems &
Repair”.
Collection Management, pub. The Haworth Information Press, Vol. 31 No.
1/2, 2006 pp 31–56. The colour plates are extremely poorly
reproduced in fact illus. 4 looses the evidence altogether. ISSN:
0146-2679, Elect. ISSN: 1545-2549
https://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?ID=101648
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| 2007 |
“The personal development
of three binding
techniques”. Post-prints, Edinburgh Conference Papers 2006,
edited by Shulla Jaques, pp. 87 – 96.
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| Publications in which Christopher Clarkson has been involved |
| 1998 |
Explanatory text figures were drawn
by
Christopher Clarkson, for “The Repair and Binding of Old
Chinese
Books” translated and adapted for Western Conservators by
David
Helliwell [from a manual of traditional restoration techniques by Xiao
Zhentang Ding Yu]. The East Asian Library Journal (211 Jones Hall,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA). Spring 1998, Vol.
VIII. No. 1, pp. 27–149.
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| 2003 |
The Ljubljana workshops
“Five workshops in
Slovenia with Christopher Clarkson” by Jedert Vodopivec.
Paper
Conservation News No. 105, March 2003, pp.14 & 15.
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| Interviews |
| 2001 |
“Personal and professional
reflections: A
conversation with Christopher Clarkson”, Nancy Bell and
Christopher Clarkson. The Paper Conservator Volume 25 pp. 71–
84.
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| Reviews of Christopher Clarkson's articles or books |
| 1985 |
Guy Petherbridge reviewed
“Limp Vellum
Binding and Its potential As a Conservation Type Structure for the
Rebinding of Early Printed Books”. ‘Fine
Print’, Vol.
II, No. 2 April 1985, p. 107– 8.
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| 2005 |
Andrew Honey reviewed 2005 reprint,
with updated
introduction of “Limp Vellum Binding and Its potential As a
Conservation Type Structure for the Rebinding of Early Printed
Books”. ‘The Paper Conservator’, No 29, pp.73–74.
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