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Linking the Past, Forging the Future: Conservation of a Medieval Chained Binding

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Linking the Past, Forging the Future: Conservation of a Medieval Chained Binding

Join us for a virtual presentation by Kathleen Smith, Curator of Germanic Collections & Medieval Studies at Stanford Libraries, Aude Gabory, Book Conservator at Stanford Libraries, and Karen Hanmer, book artist and educator, exploring a collaborative project to study, conserve, and recreate a 15th-century chained binding from Stanford Libraries’ collections.

Register here. Click BOOK ONLINE toward the bottom of the page, then select 11:00 AM.

This lecture is held in conjunction with the exhibition The Many Lives of Books: Exploring the Work of Book Conservators at the American Bookbinders Museum, on view from January 28 until April 29, 2023.

Earlier Event: January 28
Book Positively Charged: Copier Art in the Bay Area Since the 1960s
Later Event: April 18
*Hybird Event* Show & Tell (with a lemon twist)