Presentation of the new Ligatus Decorated Paper Project to the Arbeitskreises Buntpapier meeting in Leipzig

Decorated papers on display at the Leipzig meeting, in the Deutschen Nationalbibliothek

Ligatus is conducting a new project, which aims to create an online tool for describing decorated papers. This tool is designed for non-specialists who wish to identify decorated papers found in/on books without having to rely either on written descriptions of such papers or having to attempt to describe them themselves. On February 22nd and 23rd, Aurelie Martin presented this project to the Decorated Paper Historians Group, during their annual meeting in Leipzig.

http://www.buntpapier.org/arbeitskreis-buntpapier.html

This group, which has been meeting for the past ten years, convenes book and paper conservators, paper historians, librarians and decorated paper makers. Its focus is the study of decorated paper through various aspects such as the identification of techniques or the problem of terminology. The presentation in Leipzig resulted in a potential collaboration between Ligatus and some of the specialists of the group. We will continue to work on the website in the coming months and hope to go public with a preliminary version later this year.

For more information, please contact a.martin@arts.ac.uk or go to: http://www.ligatus.org.uk/node/681