[BKARTS] Courses on Patmos later this year

[Mark Andersson <bookbinding@xxxxxxxx>]

On behalf of Imogen Herford at the British Library I'm posting these 
courses:


*Workshops on historic bindings*

*Patmos (Greece)*

*Monastery of Saint John the Theologian*

27 – 31 August and 3 - 7 September, 2007

Deadline for applications: 27 July, 2007

The 11^th century Greek Orthodox monastery of Saint John the Theologian 
is situated on the island of the Apocalypse, Patmos. It preserves one of 
the most important monastic libraries of the Christian world, containing 
a wealth of Greek bound manuscripts, early documents and printed books.

The two workshops offered will be conducted in the book conservation 
studio of the monastery. The library holds many original Byzantine style 
and Western European bindings which will be examined by the students and 
used to demonstrate the structures being taught on the courses as well 
as highlighting conservation issues. All materials will be provided, 
however students will be asked to bring with them some basic bookbinding 
tools. Some knowledge of the history of bookbinding would be desirable, 
but not essential, and there is a pre-course reading list available. The 
courses will appeal to book conservators, design binders and those 
interested in the history and the making of the book.

The classes, which will be given in English, will be held between 09.00 
and 15.30, allowing plenty of time to explore the island and enjoy the 
beautiful scenery during the rest of the day. Lunch, coffee and 
refreshments will be provided in the monastery. Travelling and 
accommodation must be arranged by applicants but information will be 
supplied on application.

For booking and information contact:

Nikolas Sarris

Supervisor of Book Conservation Studio,

St. John Theologian Monastery, Patmos

sarris1@xxxxxxxxx

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*Course 1**__*

*_A practical introduction to Byzantine Binding_***

Tutor: John Mumford

27 – 31 August 2007

Course fee: 520€

This 5 day course is an introduction to Byzantine bookbinding. Through a 
series of practical demonstrations it is hoped that the student will 
gain an understanding of the construction of a Byzantine binding which 
will include sewing, board preparation, endbands, and covering with 
leather. The students will then embellish their bindings with blind 
tooled decoration, drawing on the classic motifs used on historical 
Byzantine bindings, and then construct the edge pins and laced leather 
straps.

Maximum class number: 6

*John Mumford* served a five year apprenticeship at the British Museum, 
afterwards joining the team which established the Rare & Early Book 
Conservation Studio at the British Library. From 1992 he was manager of 
the Oriental & India Office Book Studio, and in 1998 became manager of 
the Book Conservation Studio at the new British Library at St. Pancras. 
He has taught part time at the University of the Arts, London, as well 
as undertaking workshops in the UK and abroad. John has a particular 
interest in early binding structures and their development placed within 
a conservation context. John is currently Head of Book Conservation at 
the British Library, London.

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*Course 2*

*_Limp and semi-limp vellum bindings course_*

Tutor: Flavio Marzo

3 - 7 September 2007

Course fee: 520€

On this 5 day course 3 examples of limp and semi limp vellum bindings 
will be discussed and models made up, based on the historical structures 
of the period ranging from the 15^th -17^th centuries. In the history of 
the book, parchment has always been a very popular and versatile 
material. In more recent times it has become a material used in 
conservation, mainly as a covering material, due to its stability, 
strength and lasting flexibility. Following the aftermath of the 
Florence flood in 1966 leading conservators found that the limp 
structures in paper and parchment survived the flood with the best 
results and looked into developing these historical structures for use 
within conservation.

Maximum class number: 6

*Flavio Marzo** served a four year apprenticeship at a** **private 
studio in the Benedictine Monastery of** **Novalesa (Italy), followed** 
**by** **a two year (1998-2000)** **course in** **B**ook Conservation in 
Spoleto (Italy) in the “Fondazione per il Restauro e la Conservazione 
dei Beni Librari e Cartacei”. On successful completion of the course 
Flavio** **worked in COOBEC Italy** in a private ** **specialised** 
**workshop. Flavio also spent 4 months** **at the Bodleian Library in 
Oxford** **under the direction of Christopher** **Clarkson,** **which 
included a two month** **period** in the Magdalene** **College** in 
Oxford .** **In 2001 he** **returned** **to the studio of** **the 
Benedictine Monastery** **where he worked until January 2005, while he 
also spent a period in the** **B**ook** **C**onservation studio of The** 
**Vatican Library. He has given workshops on historic bindings in the 
British Library and Patmos Monastery. Flavio** **is** **currently** 
**working as conservator in the** **Book Conservation *Department *at** 
**the British** **L**ibrary, London.*

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