Islendingers brev til Ole Worm Dokumentasjon, tilstandsvurdering og forslag til konservering

Sammanfattning: This case study has sought to understand how an old mount and its mounting materials made of different paper qualities might contribute to the degradation and damage to the letter-collection it is housing. Further, it is discussed how one, as a conservator can evaluate which conservation treatment secures further preservation in a historical, physical and functional sense. The object of this study has been a 17th Century letter-collection (AM 267 fol) belonging to the Arnamagnæan Institute at the University of Copenhagen. The letters were sent to the Dane Ole Worm from 16 different Icelanders. The letter-collection itself contains different kinds of paper qualities, and has signs of old restorations in form of patching done with parchment-paper. The study gives a documentation of AM 267 fol, a condition survey, and a proposition for the conservation to be done. The issues at hand are also discussed from a theoretical point of view. The proposition for conservation was carried out on one representative folder as an example.