Natural collagen-based cultural relics such as parchment and leather are susceptible to the
storage environment, including temperature, relative humidity, pollutants, and …

Animal hides are one of man's earliest and mostly used materials; many rawhide products,
primarily leather, have for centuries been used for several purposes. The peculiar …

Large numbers of leather artefacts are found in many places in Egypt such as libraries,
museums, storehouses, mosques and churches. Many aspects of deterioration especially …

Many ancient parchments are defaced by red or purple maculae associated with localized
destruction of collagen fibres. Although the main characteristics of this damage were present …

Three kinds of historical vegetable tanned bookbinding leathers (calf, cattle, goat) non-
treated, neutralized, or extracted with petroleum ether and/or water were used for studies on …

Leather processing is vital for the economy of many developing countries, nevertheless, this
industry is faced with issues of leather down-grading owing to its low quality leading to …

This paper examines the impact of heat-induced oxidation for new and historical parchment
with the purpose of improving diagnostic tools for use in practical parchment conservation …

Animal skins were widely used as writing surface in many cultures, since very ancient times.
Leather was produced in Egypt since the fourth dynasty and was used for many different …

Micro DSC measurements were used to investigate the synergistic effects of temperature
and relative humidity on deterioration of parchment. Samples were obtained by exposing …

Ancient textiles are fragile and several factors can affect their integrity. In the present
chapter, the main agents of deterioration of old and new textiles, namely physical-chemical …