Safeguarding the Manuscripts of Timbuktu
of Timbuktu
Photo: UHH/Denstorf
2 November 2015, by Webmaster
Ms Michaelle Biddle, Head Conservator at Wesleyan University Library, conducted training in basic conservation and box making at the Djenné Manuscript Library. The training took full four days from 29 October to 1 November and a morning session on 2 November. Ms Biddle introduced a non-adhesive type of boxes made of heavy weight corrugated cardboard. More details are in Michaelle Biddle’s report. The successful outcome of the workshop is illustrated in these pictures showing the progress in box making eight weeks after the workshop.