Southernskies wrote:
I have the impression that there may be a demon bound within the pages of the book and reading it will summon it...
Whenever dealing with texts of potential magical malignacy, I always work with overlays the size of the page with cutouts in them whose total number of spaces reveal approximately one third of a page (potentially every third word depending on line spacing and font size of the scribe). One can transcribe that third or copy portions of drawings without even seeing the entire page. Additionally it reduces the chances of accidental physical contact with the page as well. When one is done, one just switches to the next overlay and copy that portion, and then the next. Together, those three can then be cojoined (or read in pieces) that are hopefully deprived of the potential power or malignancy of the original text. It is a slower process, but very efficacious in preventing accidental eating of faces or crushing of fragile mortal minds.