The Preservation of Antiquities: A Handbook for Curators

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Friedrich Rathgen. The Preservation of Antiquities: A Handbook for Curators

The Preservation of Antiquities: A Handbook for Curators

Table of Contents

ILLUSTRATIONS

LITERATURE

PART I. THE CHANGES UNDERGONE BY ANTIQUITIES IN EARTH AND IN AIR

Limestone and Clay

Iron

Bronze and Copper

Silver

Lead

Tin

Gold

Glass

Organic Substances

PART II. THE PRESERVATION OF ANTIQUITIES

I. Preservation of Objects composed of Inorganic Substances

(a) Limestone

(b) Marble and Alabaster

(c) Earthenware

(d) Slightly Baked Or Unbaked Clay

(e) Fayence

(f) Objects of Stucco and Nile-mud

(g) Sandstone and Granite

Appendix. Cement for Earthenware. Restorations

(h) Iron

(i) Bronze and Copper[139]

Appendix. Methods of Bringing out Worn Lettering upon Coins

(j) Silver

(k) Lead and Tin

(l) Gold

(m) Glass and Enamel

II. Preservation of Organic Substances

(n) Bones, Horns, Ivory

(o) Leather

(p) Textile Fabrics, Hair

(q) Feathers

(r) Papyrus

(s) Wood

(t) Amber

The Care of Antiquities after Preservative Treatment

Conclusion

APPENDIX A. METHOD OF TAKING SQUEEZES OF INSCRIPTIONS, ETC

APPENDIX B. ZAPON

INDEX

Отрывок из книги

Friedrich Rathgen

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Verhandlungen der Berliner Anthropologischen Gesellschaft. Berlin.

Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Beförderung des Gewerbefleisses in Preussen. Berlin.

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