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UNICA : Preservation and Condition Assessment of Parchment Documents
Atlas of the characteristics, damages and conservation of parchment
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[spacer height="20px"]Background: The oldest written parchment document in Estonia (avers, revers).
Document is written ANNO 1237 and preserved in Tallinn City Archive
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Parchment
During various periods of history parchment has been…
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Preservation
Preservation of handwritten parchment documents …
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Digitization
The digitization process for parchment records...
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Map
The map includes the parchment documents’…
First Category
First Category: undamaged (slightly damaged) – physically intact, without, or with some individual small-scale damage; no glassy areas or mold; text totally preserved. The document can be handled easily and is the entire surface is uniformly flexible.
Second Category
Second Category: damaged – physical integrity ruined. Tears, holes, stains, glassy areas cover less than 1/3 of the surface. Partial loss of text and flexibility. Handling may be difficult.
Third Category
Third Category: severely damaged – physical damages, stains, mold, glassy areas cover more than 1/3 of the surface. The document cannot be handled.