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Liber B (1679-1682)
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Collection Galway Corporation Records
Title Liber B (1679-1682)
Description The approach to the transcription and calendering of Liber B was different from Liber A in a number of ways. Gilbert's transcription and publication of Liber A was carried out before the binding of the book, it is clear that the transcription and rebinding of Liber B was carried out at the same time. The College Council decreed in May 1905 that the volume be rebound, and Prof. Trench oversaw the work of the binder. Given the fact that the books after Liber B were all bound in a similar fashion it is safe to assume that Prof. Trench continued on his project of overseeing the rebinding of the material. The binding of Liber A saw the pages unbound, then pasted onto pages already bound into the new binding. The quality of the original pages was good, and, as the writing was on one side, it was pasted onto good quality paper. Transparent paper was used to repair tears and frayed edges where necessary in a manner similar to the way scotch tape is utilised today, but was used as sparingly as possible. Liber B was done somewhat differently. This was due in no small part to the poor condition it was already in, the right hand side of the first fifty pages have been worn away by hydrolysis, and this damage extends to water staining on all the pages. Because some of the pages had writing on both sides, transparent paper was used when it came to binding them into the guard book. The paste used to adhere the manuscript pages to the transparent pages discoloured the manuscript pages, where pages were frayed or flaky the paste was used to harden up the paper, causing a similar discolouration.
Date 01/01/1679
Date Issued 44587
Publisher University of Galway
Extent 196pp
Topic Records,Minutes,Manuscript
Geographic Ireland,Galway
Temporal 1600,Restoration,17th Century
Genre Minutes (Records)
Creator / Author Name Galway Corporation