Video Fridays: Preserving Dickens’ Christmas Carol
’Tis the season! In today's short video, Morgan Library & Museum paper conservator Reba Snyder discusses “desilking" the pages of Charles Dickens’ original manuscript of A Christmas Carol. It's a fascinating up-close look at the manuscript and the amazing work of book conservators. Read more about process here.
![Origen of Alexandria (c. 185–253) Homilia in Genesim, Homiliae in Exodum, in Latin, translation by Rufinus, decorated manuscript on parchment [Austria, Lambach Abbey? c. 1150–1175]. Estimate: $150,000-$200,000.](/sites/default/files/styles/category_card/public/media-images/2026-06/origen.jpeg?itok=0V_4_Lt2)
