Principles of ancient books restoration

The principles of ancient books restoration include the principle of least intervention, the principle of rectifying the old as the old, the principle of reversibility and the principle of retaining historical information to the maximum extent.

1 minimum intervention principle

In the restoration of ancient books, we abandoned the traditional method of whole volume mounting and leaf mounting, and made a concrete analysis of the broken situation of each part of the document, treating different situations differently. Try to add less repair materials to the collection, avoid protective damage caused by excessive repair, and try to keep all kinds of research information of ancient books and documents.

2, the whole old as the old principle

In the restoration, the original appearance of ancient books and documents should be kept as much as possible, and the binding style of documents should be preserved. The so-called "preserving the old as the old" here is not an attempt to restore the original appearance of the document without destruction, "just like the ancient' old'". It is impossible to restore the ancient "old", but to keep the original appearance of the document as much as possible, that is, only the damaged part of the document will be kept in the restoration work, and the existing situation of other parts will never change in any form.

3. The principle of reversibility

In other words, the repair measures are reversible and repeatable. If a more scientific and suitable protection and restoration technology is found in the future, the restoration materials can be replaced at any time and restored to the original state before restoration. At the same time, the principle of reversibility is very necessary for us to correct mistakes without damaging ancient books as much as possible in our work.

4. The principle of retaining historical information to the maximum extent.

That is, repair materials (paper, thread, pigment, ink, etc.). ) The materials used in the restoration must have a certain color difference from the materials in the original literature, so as to avoid being confused with the historical information inherent in the collection itself.

Extended data

Matters needing attention in the selection of paper for the restoration of ancient books;

When choosing the paper to repair ancient books, we should first pay attention to the pH value of the paper, and we should not use acidic paper to repair ancient books, so as not to cause or accelerate the acidification of ancient books. Secondly, if you use old paper to repair ancient books, you should pay attention to the paper strength of old paper should not be too low.

At the same time, it should also be noted that the fiber composition of the selected paper should be similar to that of ancient books, with similar thickness and color, but not the same. Patch paper has strong water absorption and easy adhesion, and the width of paper curtain pattern should be similar.

In the specific restoration work, we should also pay attention to the direction of the curtain pattern of paper should be the same as that of ancient books. In a word, these are all suitable, so that the paper under repair can be firmly bonded and coordinated with the original leaves.

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