'What do old books smell like?'—Preserving smells as important cultural heritage
Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 19:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A 'Historic Book Odour Wheel' which has been developed to document and archive the aroma associated with old books, is being presented in a study in the open access journal Heritage Science. Researchers at UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage created the wheel as part of an experiment in which they asked visitors to St Paul's Cathedral's Dean and Chapter library in London to characterize its smell.