The 3rd International Congress on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage, CHEMCH 2014, that took place last July in Austria, was hosted by the Institute of Science and Technology in Art of the Academy of Fine Arts of Vienna (book of abstracts is available here).
Some of the posters presentations on leather and parchment are available online at the Congress website. The titles, the authors and the posters pdf files are as follows:
P14
"EXAMINATION OF HISTORIC PARCHMENT MANUSCRIPTS BY NON-INVASIVE REFLECTION-FTIR – POSSIBILITIES LIMITATIONS"
W. Vetter, G. Pöllnitz, M. Schreiner
P19
"DETERIORATION OF VEGETABLE-TANNED LEATHER INVESTIGATED BY UNILATERAL NMR: EFFECTS OF HYDROLYSIS AND THERMAL TREATMENTS"
C. Sendrea, E. Badea, H. Iovu P21
"ARTIFICIALLY AGED PARCHMENT INVESTIGATED BY FTIR"
I. Petroviciu, C. Carsote, W. Vetter, L. Miu, M. Schreiner