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> The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust recently awarded the
> University of Nottingham Library £12,500 being 50% of the costs of the
> first phase of a conservation project to repair the Wollaton Antiphonal,
> an exquisitely illuminated fifteenth century service book. This will
> involve the disbinding of the first half of the volume into separate
> quires, the consolidation of its pigments and inks, the repair of
> parchment and the fasciculing of the quires prior to binding. Other
> recipients of grants from the Trust in its latest round of funding include
> York City Archives for the repair and rebinding of 'Volume A/Y', a volume
> consisting of nearly 400 parchment folios covering the period 1327-1547,
> Glasgow University Archive Services towards the conservation of the
> Blackhouse Charters, and the RIBA British Architectural Library towards
> the Architects' Papers Conservation Project.
>
> If your institution is a record office, library or another publicly funded
> body such as a local authority, university or specialist record repository
> you may be eligible for support by the Trust. Alternatively if you own
> manuscript material which is conditionally exempt from capital taxation or
> have material that is owned by a charitable trust, we may be able to help.
> We offer funding to cover the cost of the repair, binding and other
> preservation measures including reprography, of manuscript material. The
> Trust will award up to 50% of a project's cost, and the applicant needs to
> provide matching funding. This can be in the form of an in-kind
> contribution as well as cash. Grants awarded range from £1,000 to £30,000.
>
>
> Closing dates for applications are 1 April and 1 October. For further
> information and for a copy of the application form, contact Alison Walker,
> the Trust's secretary at the National Preservation Office, The British
> Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB Tel: 020 7412 7798 Fax: 020 7412
> 7796 Email: [log in to unmask] The application form is also available on
> the NPO's website at http://www.bl.uk/npo/
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