Rare Bible and early family registers professionally conserved
Written by Joel Alderfer on December 19, 2017
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From late 2016 through summer of 2017, a rare 1536 Froschauer Bible and two early fraktur-lettered and decorated family registers from the Mennonite Heritage Center Collection were conserved by professional staff at the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA), Philadelphia. The months-long project was funded by a significant grant (MA-31-16-0539-16) from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a federal agency. Through this project, our oldest Bible and two of our earliest and rarest family registers have finally