Report on a study; The history of chemical reinforcement of texts in manuscripts. What should we do now?; The Waller Collection. The conservation of a collection of manuscripts; The transcription of Old English texts in the sixteenth century; Programme for the seminar; List of participants; Colour plates; List of illustrations; Index of manuscripts.

Contents: Preface
A progress report on the conservation and registration of the seals of the Ravnholt Archive in the Arnamagnaean Collection
Reconstruction from transcripts: The case of Egils saga Skallagrimssonar in Moethruvallabok, an Icelandic codex of the fourteenth century
Improved damage assessment of parchment: An investigation of the use of laser in paper conservation
The basic steps in the creation of an electronic version of a hand-written catalogue of historical persons participating in public, military and political life in the Caucasus in the nineteenth century
The electronic catalogue of the Manuscripts Department in the National Library of Russia: Its concept, structure and use for research
Digitasation as part of the museum preservation program
Medieval writing equipment
The role of modern reprographics as a tool for the conservator
The background to the joint Nordic project Wax Seals
Investigations on the conservation of seals in Danish archives
Cataloguing illuminated manuscripts - the equilibrium of detail and pragmatism
Fundamental reflections on thefts and mutilation of maps from university and national libraries in Europe
Identifying German blind-stamped bindings on British Library manuscripts
Early western limp bindings. Report on a study
The history of chemical reinforcement of texts in manuscripts. What should we do now?
The Waller Collection. The conservation of a collection of manuscripts
The transcription of Old English texts in the sixteenth century
Programme for the seminar
List of participants
Colour plates
List of illustrations
Index of manuscripts.