THE CONSERVATION OF HEBREW MANUSCRIPT NO 8-DEGREES 2238 IN THE JEWISH-NATIONAL-AND-UNIVERSITY-LIBRARY, JERUSALEM - AN EVALUATION OF THE METHOD

The conservation of parchment manuscript 8 degrees 2238 was undertaken in 1985 by the Department of Conservation and Restoration of the Jewi sh National and University Library, Jerusalem. The procedure included conservation of damaged parchment leaves, consolidation of the fully d isplayed carpet pages with modified parchment size, reconstruction of the sewing structure, and conservation of the binding. The whole proce dure was re-examined after ten years and both the methods used and the condition of the manuscript were found to be satisfactory.