Manuscript Number : IJSRST1738156
A Conservation Status Report on Indian Illustrated Manuscripts
Authors(1) :-Soumoni De The paper comprises of a short history of Indian illustrated manuscripts and their importance in Indian heritage and Indian history as India is said to have the largest collection of manuscripts including the illustrated ones, in the world scattered all across the country. The preparation process of both illustrated palm leaf and handmade paper manuscripts, the writing and illustration techniques of them are briefly noted in this paper with the references of some famous illustrated Jain and Mughal manuscripts, that have been found in India. This paper takes an investigative approach into the damages found in illustrated manuscript collections in India indicating the most important deteriorating causes. This paper also takes an investigative approach into the application of leaves, bark, seeds, wood and roots of different medicinal plants having toxic effects on different museum pests for the protection of these valuable manuscripts from the attack of different types of biodeteriogens. Finally, the paper spells out the storing process of illustrated manuscripts following some traditional methods and some suggestions are given regarding the basic preventive conservation steps of preserving illustrated manuscripts.
Soumoni De India, Manuscript, Illustration, Tradition, Indigenous, Prevention, Preservation. Publication Details
Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 7 | September-October 2017 Article Preview
Department of Museology, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Date of Publication : 2017-10-31
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 1111-1115
Manuscript Number : IJSRST1738156
Publisher : Technoscience Academy
Journal URL : https://ijsrst.com/IJSRST1738156
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