Fibre Paper that was obtained in the past through the maceration of vegetable fibre textiles (cotton, linen or hemp). To increase the resistance of the paper, it was covered with the dust of bones mixed with gesso, animal glue or china white. |
note: Carta bambagina, voce in Cecilia Prosperi, Il restauro dei documenti di archivio. Dizionarietto dei termini, Roma, Ministero per i Beni e le Attivitą Culturali, 1999. |
