Why does Aperture no longer sees my image library

I uploaded a quantity of scanned images (from my father's childhood) in .tiff and .jpeg format for editing and archiving. Once uploaded, I could not edit any of these photos. Whilst trying to identify why, I came across KB article HT2945 and performed a consistency check and then deleted the com.apple.Aperture.plist file.
I have now lost my library within Aperture, although the images remain intact in Finder.
I would be grateful if anyone could suggest a way to rebuild my library without re-importing the 15,000 images. I have not create a vault.
Yours,
A grateful newb

Just find the Aperture Library in the Finder and double click it. It will be set as your default library and all will work going forward.

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