This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- hello to everyone, of course we should have a microscope view of the damage... I'm agree that the distribution of the spots look more like a mould contamination than an insect defecation... form this pictures the spots could be the frutifications (cleistotheci) of Chaetomuim globosum... but this would mean that the book had a relatively recent water soaking event regards matteo montanari
2014-03-06 16:44 GMT+01:00 Pascal Querner <[email protected]>: > This is a message from the Museumpests List. > To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Hi, > > has anyone seen such a damage on a book before?? The book is about 300 > years old and was transported from Yemen to Austria long time ago and is > now in the national library. I think it looks like fly droppings but I am > happy for other suggestions!! We have no idea why this book was so > attractive for the flies. The spots can be removed mechanically and have a > small relief, bus some stains remain. > > Thank you very much, > > Pascal > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] in > the subject put: > "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. > > You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. > To change to the DIGEST mode send an > email to [email protected] with this command in the body: > > set mode digest pestlist > > Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected] -- Dr. Matteo Montanari *BIORES art S.R.L.* Biodeterioration of cultural heritage: Research & Service via F.lli Rosselli, 15 40013 Castel Maggiore (BO) www.bioresart.it infomobile: +393356509171 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To send an email to the list, send your msg to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] and in the subject put: "unsubscribe" - no quotes please. You are receiving the Pestlist emails in standard mode. To change to the DIGEST mode send an email to [email protected] with this command in the body: set mode digest pestlist Any problems email [email protected] or [email protected]
