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I have a client who would like me to mount these for him for personal use. I haven't seen them, I didn't want to touch them even until I had some opinions from several of you. I have only Photos at this point. I know he has a box of them, and translations into English of them. BTW they are written in a combination of Latin and Italian (Our equivalent would be Olde English).
I assume they are on Velum. They are ~7"x8". Right now they are in plastic sleeves. Suggestions as to how to proceed?
 
This project screams "see a conservator" prior to proceeding.

Once that is done, Museum glazing, sling mount and maintained in a reduced lighting & climate controlled environment. I would also be willing to advise on microclimate environments.

Not exactly an ideal climate for art conservation.
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Based only on those two pictures, I'd hazard that they can be mounted onto rag board with discontinuous (or partial) channels on all four sides (I'd make them out of kozo), with an 8 ply rag window and a cover of the same -what we call a presentation mat. This way they can be safely stored, can easily be got at, and can be displayed upright for a short while; there's no real need for them to hang on the wall all the time, and the reason they've managed to last as long as they have is that they've been in a good environment -which means little light, amongst other things.

If you've not had experience flattening skin, I suggest you not undertake it.
 
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Based only on those two pictures, I'd hazard that they can be mounted onto rag board with discontinuous (or partial) channels on all four sides (I'd make them out of kozo), with an 8 ply rag window and a cover of the same -what we call a presentation mat. This way they can be safely stored, can easily be got at, and can be displayed upright for a short while; there's no real need for them to hang on the wall all the time, and the reason they've managed to last as long as they have is that they've been in a good environment -which means little light, amongst other things.

If you've not had experience flattening skin, I suggest you not undertake it.
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I have not even held these, but have asked only to see a picture, so as to minimize handling. Nothing happens until after the PPFA, so I can find out how to conserve these (or where), the problem remains, it's not my budget.. so I am being careful. This is further complicated by a large box of them eventually coming here in any case, so solutions must be found.
 
I suggest making high-quality digital scans and reproducing the documents on heavy, matte-finish paper, which can then be artificially aged (wrinkled, torn, stained) as needed to duplicate the appearance of the originals. Done right, you would not be able to distinguish the originals from the copies once framed.

Framing reproductions not only enables the originals to be kept in safe storage, but eliminates the need for preservation framing features, which reduces complexity and cost of the framing. It's a win-win situation.
 
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