The Conservation and Restoration of Calligraphy by Mishkín Qalam

1. "The Conservation and Restoration of a 19th century calligraphy of a Bahá'í Writing in Arabic"
by Shingo Ishikawa and Patrick Ravines

Conference presentation at ICOM - CC graphic documents meeting (2004-09)

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1. Calligraphy before treatment	2. Calligraphy after treatment
3. Fotoflat with adhered loose paper pieces	4. Close-up of the skinned area before treatment (left) and after treatment (right)

2. "The conservation and restoration of a 19th century Calligraphy of a Bahá'í Text in Arabic"
by Shingo Ishikawa and Patrick Ravines

published in Restaurator: International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Materials 26:3 (2005), pp. 203-215

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1. Station of this Day by Mishkin Qalam	2. Mishkin Qalam aged around 50	3. (left) Close up of the skinned     area at the top left corner 4. (top right): Arabic Verses by     unknown calligrapher penned in 1901. 5. (bottom right): Skinned pieces stuck on the     Fotoflat from the verso of the above calligraphy
6. Solubility of the unaged Fotoflat     in various organic solvents	7. (left): Set up in the fume hood with small     skinned piece immersed in toluene 8. (right): Area of calligraphy     repaired with Klucel G.	9. After treatment image of     the Station of this Day
	10. Close up views of the skinned     area before and after treatment

3. "Conserving the legacy of a 19th century Persian Bahá'í calligrapher:
The restoration of Station of this Day: A foremost masterpiece of Arabic calligraphy"
by Shingo Ishikawa

published in Contributions to the Symposium on the Care and Conservation of Middle Eastern Manuscripts:
The University of Melbourne, Australia, 26-28 November 2007
(Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, University of Melbourne, 2008)