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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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Background: The oldest written parchment document in Estonia (avers, revers).
Document is written ANNO 1237 and preserved in Tallinn City Archive
Parchment
During various periods of history parchment has been…
Preservation
Preservation of handwritten parchment documents …
Digitization
The digitization process for parchment records...
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.