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Conservation Treatmentof the
Conne RiverMi’kmaq Prayer Book
David HaningtonBook & Paper ConservatorWorks on Paper Laboratory
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CCI‘s mission is to support the heritage community in preserving Canada's heritage collections for access by current and future generations. This
mission is accomplished through conservation research and development, expert services and knowledge dissemination.
L'ICC a pour mission d'appuyer la communauté du patrimoine culturel
dans ses activités de préservation des collections patrimoniales du Canada afin d'en assurer l'accès aux générations présentes et futures.
Cette mission s'accomplit par le biais de la recherche et du développement en conservation ainsi que par l'offre de services d'expertise et de la
diffusion des connaissances.http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/
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Conne River
Mi’kmaq Prayer Book
Conne River
Newfoundland
The manuscript is an early Newfoundland Mi’kmaq prayer book containing hymns, prayers and other religious texts in use in divine worship according to Roman Catholic observance.
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Examination
Front cover Text block
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No man or woman living at conne knows how old this book is
Pencil inscription on the front coverAdded in 1959
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Text Block
Text block is sewnonto fourvellum thongs
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Text Block
Water stains
Tears
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Drawings & Annotations
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Decorative Designs
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Watermark Design
Crown & Shield
1807
Handmade Paper
Observations under
transmitted light.
Computer enhancement on
the right.
Text Block
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Papermaker’s Name
J. JELLYMAN
1807
located in
Salisbury,
Dowton, Wiltshire
England
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Detached Pages
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Helen SylliboyMi’kmaq Educator
who worked in the
Language Development
with the
Eskasoni School Board
Cape Breton Nova Scotia
assisted with determining the
correct order of the pages
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MI’KMAQ HIEROGLYPHIC PRAYERS
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“who created heaven and earth”
A = and
Hieroglyphic Text
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Examining the Detached Leaves
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The Significance of the Prayerbook
• Helen Silliboy felt a very powerful spiritual element of the book
• She suggested it might be more appropriate, and more respectful of the object, to leave it untouched
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To Treat or NOT to Treat• As a result of her
comments, treatment options were reconsidered, and a ‘no treatment’ option was included in the proposal.
• It was clear that a meeting with the owners should be arranged in Newfoundland to discuss the options
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Martin HowleyHumanities Librarian
QE II LibraryMemorial University of Newfoundland
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Meeting in Saint John’s Newfoundland
Gerald PenneySignal Hill, St. John’s
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Conne River Mi’kmaq Band
Conne River
Newfoundland
St. John’s
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Conne RiverBay D’Espoir
Newfoundland
Government Building
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Meeting with the Band Council Members
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Meeting with the Band Council Members
• The condition of the Mi’kmaq prayer book and the difficulties associated with the treatment were presented, along with the advantages and disadvantages for treating or not treating it.
• After a lengthy discussion, it was the decision of the Band Council Members that the prayer book should be fully treated.
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Photography
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Analysis of Ink Samples
The inks were analyzed by Fourier Transformed Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy
Analytical Research Laboratory
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Analysis of Leather Cover
Leica Polarized Light Microscope
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Caribou
Calf
DeerSheepCover
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Original Leather Cover Sheepskin Sample
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Paper Treatments• Dismantling• Dusting• Surface Cleaning• Lamination Removal• pH Readings• Washing • Leafcasting
Dismantling the Text Block
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Dusting the Pages
Surface Cleaning
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Lamination & Tape Removal
Suction Table
before after
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Measuring the pH
Washing
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Leaf-casting
Spanish Vinyector leaf-caster
Leaf-casting• Paper fibres• Disintegrating• Beating• Freeness measurements• Drying pulp• Controls • Calculations• Casting• Pressing
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Combination of paper fibres
Measuring the pulp
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Hollander beater
Disintegrating the pulp
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Measuring the thickness
Calculating the missing area
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Pouring the measured amount of pulp into the chamber
Lifting the folio into the leaf-caster on its Reemay® support
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Pressing the newly cast sheet in the hydraulic press
Newly cast folio
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Microfilming
National Archives of Canada
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Microfilming
Staff filming and processing film
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Front cover Back cover
Binding
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Sewing the Text Block
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Headbands
Spineheadband 2 layers of Japanese paper
kettle stitch
sections
Alum-tawed goatskin thongs
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Goatskin Parchment for the Cover
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Unhairing Fleshing
Stretching – Drying & Finishing
Handmade Parchment & Vellum
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Paper Pattern for the Cover
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Lacing in the Thongs
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Non Adhesive Binding
Yapp Edge
Endpaper
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Headbands
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Peg MaterialsCaribou bone
Peg attachment
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Front Cover Back Cover
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Protective Enclosures
Solander box Solander box open
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Portfolio containing the original sewing materials
A second solander box was constructed to house the original cover and portfolio above
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Completed prayer book displayed on a caribou leather support and Plexiglas® stand
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Acknowledgments
Conne River Band Council Members
Sherry Guild Conservator, Works on Paper Section, CCI
Juliet Graham Volunteer Paper Conservator
Gerald Penney Archeologist & Band Negotiator
Martin Howley Humanities Librarian, Memorial University
Helen Sylliboy Mi’kmaq Educator
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Acknowledgments
Robert Barclay Conservator, Objects laboratory CCI
Carl Bigras Photographer, Analytical Research Laboratory, CCI
Elizabeth Moffatt Scientist, Analytical Research Laboratory, CCI
Marie-Claude Corbeil Scientist, Analytical Research Laboratory, CCI
Gregory Young Scientist, Conservation Materials Processes Research, CCI
Season Tse Scientist, Conservation Materials Processes Research, CCI
Micheline Sarrazin Microfilm Technician, National Archives of Canada
Michèle Beachamp Microfilm Technician, National Archives of Canada
Francine D’Amour Microfilm Technician, National Archives of Canada
Rick Cavisin Vellum & Parchment Manufacturer