Section 1: Book Structure & History -- Section 2: Bookbinding Materials and their Degradation -- Section 3: Approaches to Conservation -- Section 4: Preventive Conservation -- Section 5: Techniques of Conservation
1. Introduction / Abigail Bainbridge -- Section 1: Book Structure and History -- 2. The Birth of the Codex / Georgios Boudalis, Julia Miller, and Minah Song -- 3. Eastern Mediterranean Bindings -- 3.1. Coptic Bindings / Georgios Boudalis and Francisco H. Trujillo -- 3.2. Ethiopic Bindings / Nikolas Sarris and Marco di Bella -- 3.3. Islamic Bindings / Kristine Rose-Beers, Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes, Karin Scheper, and Nil Baydar -- 3.4. Armenian Bindings / Yasmeen Khan and Tamara Ohanyan -- 3.5. Byzantine Bindings / Georgios Boudalis and Nikolas Sarris -- 3.6. Syriac Bindings / Karin Scheper and François Vinourd -- 3.7. Georgian Bindings / Maria Kalligerou -- 3.8. Samaritan Bindings / Julia Poirier -- 3.9. Jewish Bindings / Julia Poirier -- 4. South-Asian Bindings -- 4.1. Indic Bindings / Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes -- 4.2. Tibetan Bindings / Agniesżka Helman-Ważny -- 4.3. Kashmiri Bindings / Jasdip Singh Dhillon -- 4.4. Sikh Bindings / Jasdip Singh Dhillon -- 5. East-Asian Bindings -- 5.1. Chinese Bindings / Robert Minte and Emma Lau -- 5.2. Korean Bindings / Minah Song -- 5.3. Japanese Bindings / Kyoko Kusunoki and Mito Matsumaru -- 6. Southeast Asian Bindings -- 6.1. Upper Mainland Southeast Asian Bindings / Agniesżka Helman-Ważny -- 6.2. Indonesian Bindings / Karin Scheper -- 7. European Bindings -- 7.1. Manuscripts in the Pre-Printing Era / élodie Lévêque -- 7.2 Printed Books / Melissa Tedone and Roger S. Williams -- 7.3. Stationery Bindings / Holly Smith, Katerina Williams, and Sonja Schwoll -- 7.4. Albums and Scrapbooks / Jane Rutherston and Olivia Primanis -- 8. North American Bindings (Present-day Canada and United States) / Julia Miller and Consuela (Chela) Metzger -- 9. Latin American Bindings / Martha Elena Romero Ramírez and María Ángela Silvetti -- Section 2: Bookbinding Materials and Their Degradation -- 10. Introduction to Bookbinding Materials and Their Degradation / Abigail Bainbridge -- 11. Materials and Identification -- 11.1. Papyrus / Marieka Kaye -- 11.2 Skin / Tuuli Kasso and Samuel Johns -- 11.3 Textiles / Joanne Hackett -- 11.4 Paper -- 11.4.1 Introduction / Agniesżka Helman-Ważny and Abigail Bainbridge -- 11.4.2 East Asian Handmade Paper / Minah Song -- 11.4.3. Tibetan, Nepalese, and South Asian Handmade Paper / Agniesżka Helman-Ważny and Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes -- 11.4.4. Handmade Papers of Central Asia, Western Asia (Middle East), and North Africa / Fiona McLees -- 11.4.5. European Handmade Paper / Abigail Bainbridge -- 11.4.6. Machine-made Paper / Kimberly Kwan and Abigail Bainbridge -- 11.5. Paper-based boards / Anne Hillam -- 11.6. Wood / Roger S. Williams and Tristram Bainbridge -- 11.7. Birch Bark / Agniesżka Helman-Ważny -- 11.8. Palm Leaves / Agniesżka Helman-Ważny -- 11.9. Metals / Erin Hammeke, Zora Sanders, and Camila Zanon Paglione -- 11.10. Adhesives / Bronwen Glover and Mito Matsumaru -- 11.11. Manuscript Media / Cheryl Porter -- 11.12 East Asian Manuscript and Printing Inks / Minah Song -- 11.13. Pre-industrial Western Printing Inks, c.1450-1850 / Elizabeth Savage and Linda Stiber Morenus -- 12. The Ten Agents of Deterioration / Caroline Bendix and Tiffany Eng Moore -- 13 Polymers and Their Degradation / Norman Billingham / Barry Knight, Paul Garside, and David Mills -- Section 3: Approaches to Conservation -- 14. Introduction to Approaches to Conservation / Melissa Tedone -- 15. Decision-making / William Bennett and Lauren Moon-Schott -- 16 Conservation in Context / Lauren Moon-Schott and Fiona McLees -- 17. Previous Treatments / Lauren Moon-Schott -- 18. Social, Cultural, and Religious Considerations in Conservation Decision-making / Fletcher Durant and Bethany Goodman -- Section 4: Preventive Conservation -- 19. Introduction to Preventive Conservation / Fletcher Durant -- 20. Boxing, Storage, and Transportation -- 20.1. Preservation Enclosures for Books and Manuscripts / Bridget Mitchell and Abigail Bainbridge -- 20.2. Storage of Books / Bridget Mitchell and Abigail Bainbridge -- 20.3. Transportation of Books / Lang Ngo -- 21. Exhibition of Books / Alexa McNaught-Reynolds -- 22. Digitisation / Samantha Cawson and Jessica Pollard -- Section 5: Techniques of Conservation -- 23. Introduction to Techniques of Conservation / Melissa Tedone -- 24 Conservation Documentation / Alberto Campagnolo -- 25. Material-based Treatments -- 25.1. Papyrus Treatment / Marieka Kaye -- 25.2. Parchment Treatment / Élodie Lévêque and Cédric Levière -- 25.3 Leather Treatment / Jen Anderson -- 25.4. Paper Treatment / Abigail Bainbridge / Kimberly Kwan, Tiffany Eng Moore, and Kristine Rose-Beers -- 25.5. Media Treatment / Kristine Rose-Beers -- 25.6. Conservation Treatment Concerns for Printing Inks on Paper / Linda Stiber Morenus -- 25.7. Board Treatment / Roger S. Williams and Tristram Bainbridge -- 25.8. Metal Treatment / Zora Sanders and Camilla Zanon Paglione -- 26. Structural Repairs -- 26.1. Internal Features and Components / Liz Ralph and Holly Smith -- 26.2. Board Reattachment and Spine Repair / Karen Vidler, Abigail Bainbridge, and Arthur Green -- 26.3 Binding: Structure, Functionality, and Integrity / Sonja Schwoll and Andrea Pataki-Hundt.