Which degradation pathway increases risk when handling improperly stored Byzantine silk textiles?

💡 Explanation

Hydrolysis becomes significant in silk fibers when moisture accumulates, breaking the peptide bonds of fibroin because acidic degradation weakens fibers mechanically; therefore hydrolysis is the correct answer rather than oxidation/photolysis which require different specific damaging environmental factors

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