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.
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.
