A poll! A poll!

[muninnhuginn]

So, I went out to buy stuff to treat the scalded hand and came back with cotton gloves.

Now:

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Comments

All of the above.

[armb.livejournal.com]

But not all at the same time, obviously, because we don't want cake crumbs on the ancient tomes.

[muninnhuginn]

But we need to leave something for the ancient bookworms ;-)

[vicarage.livejournal.com]

Direct traffic. Apparently according to a conservationist I met at Picocon, cotton gloves aren't recommended for manuscripts as they are abrasive, you just need clean hands. Also she only used pencils , not to write in the margins of the 4th century documents, but for other notes, in case her hand slipped

[muninnhuginn]

Cool! Traffic cop!

Is this no cotton gloves a new thing? I' m still seeing it on TV history progs. (Or is this merely to meet viewers' expectations!)

[vicarage.livejournal.com]

I've heard it elsewhere, which is why I asked her opinion. I suspect the word hasn't spread.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I Am Not A Conservationist, but I think that bare hands are also better for books with leather bindings, because the oils in your skin nourish the leather.