On a crackly fall day, the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) in Andover was buzzing with staff members returning old—and even ancient—paper-based artifacts to a time before human folly and the world’s elements had wreaked their damage.
Todd Pattison, senior book conservator, was showing a newly rebound 15th-century document—its Latin text hand-lettered on parchment and illuminated in gold leaf—owned by a large institutional library. Wallpaper for a historic house was being reproduced from a dingy remnant under the watchful eye of Terrance D’Ambrosio, director of imaging. Several staff member
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