A MID-16TH-CENTURY TACKETED PARCHMENT BINDING – The First Minute Book of the Commission of Sewers 1557-1606, London Metropolitan Archives, City of London | The Book

A MID-16TH-CENTURY TACKETED PARCHMENT BINDING – The First Minute Book of the Commission of Sewers 1557-1606, London Metropolitan Archives, City of London by thebookandpapergathering Introduction In 2006, the London Metropolitan Archives, City of London (LMA), received a grant from the National Manuscript Conservation Trust for the conservation of the first minute book of the Commission of Sewers from Surrey and Kent, to make it accessible for researchers. The funding allowed for my employment to treat both textblock and binding structure, together with the provision of a bespoke clamshell box. The funding also enabled some research of other 16th- and 17th-century parchment-covered stationery bindings to assist the evaluation of a structure based on historical evidence, yet sympathetic to the requirements of the volume.