St Chrysostom - de compunctione cordis. Also St Chrysostom - Quod nemo potest laedi nisi a semetipso and St Bernard of Clairvaux - Sermones in Dominicis et festis per annum. England, 15th and 13th centuries.

Treatment

• Spine piece and board covering along the joint lifted on both sides.
• Spine cleaned of previous animal glue with wheatstarch paste poultice applied through lens tissue.
• Japanese Kozo tissue adhered with wheatstarch paste to spine with 15mm extensions onto board under lifted leather.
• Friebe cotton spine linings adhered to spine and upper face of boards underneath lifted leather.
• Kozo paper toned with liquid acrylics adhered along joint and to cover areas of loss on spine, before the original leather was adhered back in place with wheatstarch paste.
• f.89 long tear repaired with hidakawashi tengu tissue adhered with gelatine mousse on both recto and verso.
• f.107 humidified using a blotter through Goretex and dried clipped to a board to prevent shrinkage.
• Partially detached endband resecured with Barbour cotton thread toned with watercolour paint.