Posted 8 years ago
SpiritBear
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After 5 and 1/2 hours, work is stalled and has remained so for nearly a year now as my Church, for whom I was restoring this Bible for, has not gotten back to me on it-- I merely want to know, do they want it functional, as it is now, or cosmetically repaired, too-- which would be another few hours to do.
But, alas, they haven't responded (I tried several times and a few people there, even the pastor.) So it's looking like the Bible will remain here, albeit it is the Church's original Bible (circa 1891.)
I spotted this in the Church library, looking like it does in picture two-- It was in the Children's section, being toyed with by a young kid. Spine and cover ripped off, pages ripped out and tattered, heavy wear and what is known as Red Rot (vegetable-tanned leather, as this, was common in the last half of the 1800s. Sadly, that rots away into reddish dust,) and much more. I began asking who to talk to, offering to do the work for free and show them other examples I've repaired (which I did.)
Eventually, they let me take it to repair. Currently, it needs one more structural repair then major cosmetic work including additions of new pieces, such as more ''spine.''
I had to reattach pages and cover, redo binding, piece back together the spine (it's not all there, and what was there was in many pieces,) and slow (I do not know of a totally safe way to stop it) the Red Rot (It, miraculously, seems to have stopped, though.)
Picture 3 is just prior to my reattaching a new spine-backing, to which, using acid-free Rubber Cement, I pieced back on the old spine. (I had to make it structurally sound first.)
Looking closely at the top of picture 4, you can see many lines that are where it was ripped up, and the entire top centimeter or so was little pieces that I tried piecing back together. Same with part of the right edge (Wasn't enough for the left, which faces the back,) and some of the interior of it (AKA, the spine took awhile.) I also did do a little cosmetic work on it with redoing some of the gold, using an acid-free gold calligraphy pen.
Within the Swedish Bible (Our Church was originally Swedish) are a few hundred prints, of which I photographed 98%.
I'd like to see that one.
This was almost in the worst shape I've ever seen a book-- so horrid for a Bible!!!
I'm impressed !! Had several old books from B.N. (Before Net) that wish I had known how to save. One was a 1901 volume of Pictorial History of The Civil War. The pix were so clear ! New editions have grainy pix. Progress !?
Did they colourise them, too?
Not in 1901 !
Thank you, Nicefice.
I beg to differ, Blunderbuss2. These weren't taken in colour, but were colourised in 1899:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/180706-spanish-american-war-in-colour-circa-18?in=user
Spirit, this was Civil War & all pix were in B&W. The pix were as sharp as could be expected & not newspaper-grainy pix I have seen in newer editions. Wish I hadn't given it away right now.
There was 1 pix that I have seen over & over again in history books that reported wrong . A field artillery section stopped in a stream in TN. Captions always say that they are "cooling the horse's hooves". BS ! They are soaking the wheels to swell & tighten them, as wooden wheels get loose when they dry out. Just a minor mistake that has irritated me for decades. LOL!!!
One can take any pic and add colour for printing or after. Common back even in the Civil War era.
The photos in the link above were taken in greyscale, as all were, and then given colour by hand later (they got some of the uniforms in the wrong color. That's how it;s a guarantee.)
Lithographs and engravings were commonly done in colour, but are not real photos like in the above link or your book:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-E3ouId3w4Gc/VV-4j6sVyLI/AAAAAAAALQI/3J1rcoROg7g/w769-h577-no/Convocation%2Band%2BPrints%2B033.JPG
^From this Bible.^
Just very time-consuming.
I wonder where they gout their source information from.
The only colouring I've seen on (OLD) CW pix, were at touch of gold paint on buttons, badges, sword guards etc.. In many cases, the weapons were supplied by the photographer's props. Keep up the good work !
Collector's Weekly or Civil War? :P
Here's one up right now:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331765959312?rmvSB=true
Earlier this week on here was one with 2 red scarves or sashes or something tinted.
War of Northern Agression.
War of Southern Succession. ;)
Gotta keep the country together. Else we should be the Disunited States of America.
I don't jump at that bait. Life's too short & I believe you are about 3 hrs. earlier there. I'm in Atlantic Time & yawning ! Gute nacht ! A demain.
Funny that I'm also talking to a guy 3 hours earlier than my time. LOL.
Sleep well.
Good job on this restoration:)
Thanks. (:
Spirit. Drop Inky a note in NZ. Send at about 5: PM (your time) & it will be about 2: PM her time. The next day!!! Can be confusing. We don't us DST & that just confuses more when the changes happen. We don't try to confuse/brainwash our population into believing there is another hour of daylight. LOL!!
Albeit I don't know what time-zone I'm in, I keep a mental World clock for the states, and countries like Iceland, Kurdistan, England, most of Australia, the Philippines, etc.
As a chat-site moderator, it is helpful. And if someone tells me their time, I can guess a country with 80% accuracy (we get only about 20 countries on the site I moderate.)
Sadly, we don't all change times at the same time or even at all, so I do get it wrong a lot for a few months out of the year. The most recent example was my being off with the Philippines as they don't seem to change their clocks. It takes a month to get used to. They're no longer 12 hours ahead of me, but 13.