# Securing manuscripts: a sheet that nobody can reprint

> Securing manuscripts: flat, acid-free, document the origin, not as wall decor in the sun.
> Quelle: https://tresorrari.de/artikel/manuskripte-sichern · Stand: 2026-10-01 · Tresorrari Redaktion

A manuscript exists once. A copy on the wall is decoration, the sheet is the piece. In the overview [Security for collectors](/artikel/sicherheit-fuer-sammler), it sits with drawing and letter, with even less replacement.

## What breaks without a thief

Light, acid, moisture, a crease, ink that bleeds. You store flat, acid-free, dark. You stick nothing on the sheet, not even a "careful" label. The writing sits on the folder, not on the paper.

## When someone comes

Light, quiet, looks like paper. The expensive bundle lies in the document cabinet, not on the open shelf with the label "Manuscripts". Origin and proof lie as a copy outside and, in the original, at a second place in the house.

## The folder

Author, extent in sheets, dating, what the text is about in one sentence, origin, proof. A photo of every page or, for a thick bundle, a list you can follow. Without a list, after a loss, you cannot say what was missing.


## Häufige Fragen

### Hang a copy, put the original away?

Yes. The copy is on view, the sheet is stored.

### Label on the sheet?

No. Label the folder.

### Photograph every page?

For a few sheets, yes. For a thick stack, a list you can check.