If it was "squeezing" I thought that was done with a fairly pulpy paper that
you got wet, pressed onto the surface, then let dry (collecting the imprint)
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Not papier mache, cuz that would stick, but something with the consistency
of cardboard egg cartons, which you could stack -
One of the best examples I know is of some big trilingual inscription on the
side of some mountain in afghanistan or syria that someone spent about 10
years sqeezing back in the 19th century


geoff carver - SUNY buffalo
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of K. Kris
Hirst
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 20:57
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Subject: Re: safe gravestone rubbing

Hey all:

I got this email from a reader who read about a supposedly safe method of
obtaining rubbings from monuments. I don't know anything about it; papier
mache sounds like a bad idea to me---but I was hoping one of you guys does.
Anybody know of a way to do rubbings without harming the stone? (or do we
all do digital now?)

Kris

-----Original Message-----
From: Virginia G


Dear Kris,

I am hoping that you, or some one you know can help me.  I found the method,
"applying the squeeze", mentioned in a 11/21/03  Associated Press Article
titled: "Gospel Verse found on ancient Shrine".  The method is a 19 th
century technique of spreading a sort of papier mache over a worn surface of
a monument in order to be albe to read the inscription. I would like to know
more, because it sound's like a method that could also be applied to reading
worn gravestones in my family history research. Thank you.

Ginny G

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