ABSTRACT

Dunhuang; Gansu; Turpan; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu; China; ...-10th A.D.; manuscripts; preservation; Stein Collection; conferences

Proceedings of the conference ‘The Preservation of Material from Cave 17’ held in Sussex from 13 to 15 October 1993, organized by the British Library London. Includes 17 papers by conservators and curators of the major collections of documents from Dunhuang and Turpan (Turfan) in England, China, India, Russia, France, Germany, and the United States of America. Topics covered include the history and nature of the dispersed collections, previous conservation and storage of the manuscripts, improved insights in preservation, restoration, and storage methods, and technical issues relating to dyes and preservation techniques, [er]

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