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From: "V. Lehman" <>
Subject: Re: [Old Bones CEMETERY-L] Re: [wacemeteries] Two Rubbings techniques
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:04:47 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <005a01c0ab0f$8c9afac0$468227d8@oz.net>


I remember seeing a stone which was damaged by weather
at Cannongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh, Scotland. I had
though that it's damage was vandals until I did more
extensive research. Check it out, wouldn't your first
thought have been of human vandals?
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--- Andi MacDonald <> wrote:
> The problems are multiple. You may not see damage
> immediately but the
> damage is caused.
>
> 1) The rubbing over the edges of the
> letters/carving causes a breakdown of
> the edges' crusts. This, then, allows moisture,
> water, into the stone
> which over the years causes damage. And, according
> to conservators, some
> stones get so much moisture/water that they've seen
> stones explode inside.
> You may think you are the only person who ever does
> a rubbing of a stone,
> but times your unknown damage times all the others
> who might do the same.
>
> 2) The newsprint is acidic. That's bad.
>
> 3) The crayon has wax and other emollients in it,
> which when left on the
> stone (I've seen crayon on stones from people who
> can't "stay within the
> lines". The emollients eventually act with acid
> rain and other chemicals
> in the air to work on the crust of the stone.
> Again, this allows water to
> accumulate inside the stone.
> --------------
> Andrea D. MacDonald "Andi"
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 6:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Old Bones CEMETERY-L] Re:
> [wacemeteries] Two Rubbings
> techniques
>
>
> > Maybe I missed one of the many messages, but how
> can rubbing ruin a
> stone? I
> > have a friend that did stone rubbings in England
> on stones much older
> than
> > any in the USA ,and also did them on stones when
> we lived in Germany. In
> > fact, the curators at the cemetery encouraged the
> stone rubbing. The
> paper
> > did no damage and the pressure to do the rubbing
> was not hard. What did
> I
> > miss?
> >
> >
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