P.S. I just found a copy of “The Smithonian” in my retirement facility. It looks interesting. Would probably look at it in the library. (I have too many books in my one-bedroom apartment.)

Because the bible is a complex object and the deterioration problems of the materials and specific need to use the object for display, consultation by scholars and reformatting the preservation of these materials should begin with an overall condition assessment. The preservation priority were addresed during an item-level survey that compared the relative value, use, and risk inherent across the bible matrix, as well as their effectiveness and possible side-effects of preservation measures and conservation treatment.

A Risk Management Methodology borrowed from other international institutions leaders in the field for the care, access, display and storage of cultural heritage from Canada, Italy and The Netherlands was used to implement this survey/ database. Also, extensive iron gall ink’s reference materials and selected bibliography were compiled from the Netherlands Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE), Movable Heritage Knowledge Sector and former Instituut Collectie Nederland (ICN) and the “Ink Corrosion Website” from the Canadian Conservation Institute, the Library and Archives Canada, the Library of Congress Division’s Protocols for Iron Gall Ink Treatment Group (PIT); and the British Library.