Name: Strasbourg's National Library tracks down arsenic-contaminated books / 34TR8YR
Uploaded: 2024-05-26
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Description: In Strasbourg, the National and University Library (BNU) is on the lookout for books contaminated with arsenic, which is present in a green pigment used in 19th-century Germany for book production. "We started the search about a month ago (...) and there are no more than about thirty books," explains Aude Therstappen, chief curator at the BNU. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES

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In Strasbourg, the National and University Library (BNU) is on the lookout for books contaminated with arsenic, which is present in a green pigment used in 19th-century Germany for book production. "We started the search about a month ago (...) and there are no more than about thirty books," explains Aude Therstappen, chief curator at the BNU. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES

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Germany France Strasbourg Schweinfurt Aude Therstappen BNU Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire England Aude #MKX35 : La BnF met en quarantaine quatre livres décorés à l'arsenic

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