Islamic Bindings: A Conservator’s Perspective on Form and Function
An Illustrated Lecture by Katherine Beaty

4 - 5pm, December 2, 2010

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, New York 10028

Katherine Beaty, rare book conservator at Harvard College Library, will describe the fundamentals of Islamic bookbinding structure and discuss the conservation challenges posed by these unique materials. Katherine will draw upon examples from Harvard University’s recent Islamic Heritage Digitization Project and collections from the Library of Congress.
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To register or for more information contact: jae.carey@metmuseum.org
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This lecture is being held in conjunction with the New York Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers’ workshop on Islamic Bookbinding, taught by Katherine on December 3-5th, 2010. For workshop information, please go to http://www.gbwny.org/news/announcement/ or call Erin Albritton at 212 822 7364.

The Shanama Project is hosting a conference dedicated to Firdausi's masterpiece, with 20 speakers from accross the world addressing different aspects of the poem: as literature, as history, and in the arts of the book, with particular attention paid to its reception in both Iran and accross the wider Persian cultural zone (North India, Central Asia and the Caucasas). The conference will be held at Clare College, Cambridge.
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To register or for more information contact: Dr Firuza Abdullaeva at fia21@cam.ac.uk

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