The conservation of 48 Islamic manuscripts undertaken in the conservation workshop of the Vatican Library, brought their numerous repairs to attention. Many were identifiable as having been done in the region where the manuscripts originated. This article presents the considerations that informed the conservation approach. After an overview of recent discussions about the meaning of repairs to Islamic bindings, the methodology used to analyze the manuscripts and their bindings is described. This is followed by a general introduction to the manuscripts, the results of the material and structural analysis of the bindings and an overview of the different types of repair. The influence their analysis had on the conservation decisions will be illustrated using several examples that underline both the possibilities and limits that conservation poses to the objective of preserving the complete history of the book.

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阅读本书的历史。了解梵蒂冈图书馆对伊斯兰手稿的修理和重新装订及其对保护的启示

在梵蒂冈图书馆的保护讲习班上进行的48份伊斯兰手稿的保存引起了人们的广泛关注。可以确定的是，许多工作是在手稿起源的地区完成的。本文介绍了有助于保护方法的注意事项。在对有关伊斯兰装订的修复含义的最新讨论的概述之后，介绍了用于分析手稿及其装订的方法。接下来是对手稿的一般介绍，对装订资料的材料和结构分析的结果，以及不同类型的修复的概述。