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Last week I went to the CIPA He­ri­ta­ge Do­cu­men­ta­ti­on con­fe­rence in Ávila, Spain. It was a jo­vi­al ga­the­ring of the ICO­MOS and isprs ba­by, whe­re many par­ti­ci­pants sha­red ad­van­ces in re­cor­ding and do­cu­men­ting cul­tu­ral he­ri­ta­ge...

Mor­tar­s, Ren­ders and Plas­ters is an ex­ten­si­ve read lea­ding through ma­te­ri­a­ls and his­to­ry of use, de­te­ri­o­ra­ti­on and da­ma­ge, as­sess­ment, tre­at­ment and re­pair, and en­ding with care and main­te­nance. Sin­ce it seems that the au­t­hors ai­med for a com­pre­hen­si­ve stu­dy, rea­ders will also find very in­tri­gu­i­ng in­tro­duc­to­ry in­for­ma­ti­on on na­tu­ral ce­ment­s, floors and ru­ins in the chap­ter on spe­ci­al to­pics. This book edi­ted by Ali­son Hen­ry and John Ste­war­t...