The Conservation of the Flintshire and Denbighshire Enclosure Awards Including the Treatment of Multi-membrane Parchment Documents

Abstract

This article describes the conservation of parchment enclosure awards, outlining treatments used in the first stage of a project to improve access to documents that are not easy to consult. Multi-membrane items attached together with shellac seals are problematic and present one of the most difficult challenges that an archive conservator will have to face.