Conservation Field Campaign: 15 September – 8 October 2023

A three-week restoration campaign focused on the conservation of manuscripts from the Syriac, Arabic and Coptic collection began last Friday, September 15, organized by the Levantine Foundation and managed by Elizabeth Sobczynski, CEO of the foundation, in partnership with Recanati and Restauro and generously sponsored by John Osborn and Nigel Pilkington.

The objective is to continue the conservation of the manuscripts in the collection, focusing the interventions on the six most precious manuscripts dating from the 6th to the 16th century, to make them suitable for consultation by monks and scholars. The restorers François Vinourd and Giovanni Pagani take part in the campaign. P. Amoon, librarian, will participate fully in the campaign as an observer-trainee under the supervision of Giovanni Pagani.