Műtárgyvédelem, 2007 (Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum)
Válogatás az utóbbi évek magyar papír- és könyvrestaurálási munkáiból - Összefoglalók
the practical restoration possibilities coming from the special production technology of the fan. The object was conserved within the frames of object conservator training conducted in the co-operation of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and the Hungarian National Museum in the academic year of 2004/2005. László Nemes Takách was the supervisor of the diploma work. Leak in the National Library; possibilities of rescuing the damaged books Beatrix Kastaly In January, 2006, somebody missed to turn off the water pipes above two underlying levels of one of the book and journal depositories of the central collection of the National Széchényi Library (Hungarian National Library) they leaked during a weekend day, which was only noted 36-80 hours later. The water soaked the ceiling, ran down on the walls and along leads onto the journals and the books kept on shelves drenching about 1200 large journal volumes and 1900 book volumes to various degrees. The majority of the volumes (about 3000 volumes) were quickly dried in open air, then, where it seemed sufficient, 24 bookbinders and conservators smoothed them with pressing in the bookbinding and conservation workshops of the library in 610 hours. The volumes were opened in a fan shape for drying in open air and ventilators, absorbent papers and hairdryers were used. The wet walls of the depository were also dried with airing and ventilators by regular checking of the relative moisture content of the air. 138 volumes of journals and books were likely to be attacked by mould. They were deep frozen in a freezing house and dried with lyophilization (freeze-drying). 1950 of the soaked 3100 volumes needed smoothing, pressing, and 1150 had to be completely restored, rebound or the old binding had to be repaired. The most frequent damages were the following ones: the detaching of the boards, the endpapers, the mountings and sometimes the sewing materials causing the loosening of the book body or its falling out of the binding; the corrugation of the leaves; the development of water stains; the warping and bending of the boards; the discolouration of the leaves caused by the pigments dissolved from the painting of the engravings or the canvas. The two departments had to spend about 9000 hours with the conservation of the 1150 volumes of journals and books damaged to various degrees. The cost of the conservation reached about 1.5 million HUF. The Ministry of Culture financed the conservation and the cost of freezing and lyophilization. 263
