TY - BOOK AU - Endres,Bill TI - Digitizing Medieval Manuscripts: The St. Chad Gospels, Materiality, Recoveries, and Representation in 2D & 3D T2 - Medieval Media Cultures SN - 9781942401803 AV - Z110.R4 E64 2019 U1 - 091 23/eng/20230216 PY - 2019///] CY - Leeds PB - ARC Humanities Press KW - Manuscripts, Medieval KW - Digitization KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval KW - bisacsh KW - 3D KW - St Chad Gospels KW - advanced imaging technologies KW - digital humanities KW - digital methods KW - ethics KW - medieval manuscripts KW - multispectral KW - reflectance transformation imaging KW - sacred artifacts N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; List of Illustrations --; Introduction. The Age of Visual Wonder—Digitizing Materiality and Unriddling Light --; Chapter 1. Recovery: From Multispectral Imaging to Alternative Colour Spaces --; Chapter 2. Reflectance Transformation Imaging: An Enhanced View of Surface Details --; Chapter 3. The Otherwise Unknowable: Digitizing and Comparing Historical Photographs --; Chapter 4. Sacred Artefacts: Open Access, Power, Ethics, and Reciprocity --; Chapter 5. A Crisis in Knowledge- Space? A Look Toward Virtual Reality --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access N2 - What does it mean to digitize a medieval manuscript? This book examines this question by exploring a range of advanced imaging technologies. The author focuses on the relationship between digital technologies and the complex materiality of manuscripts and the human bodies that engage them.The chapters explore imaging technologies, interfaces to present digital surrogates, and limitations to and enhancements through the digital, plus historical photographs. Essential reading for all those involved in manuscript digitization projects in both scholarly and cultural heritage contexts UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781942401803?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781942401803 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781942401803/original ER -