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Digitizing Medieval Manuscripts : The St. Chad Gospels, Materiality, Recoveries, and Representation in 2D & 3D / Bill Endres.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Medieval Media CulturesPublisher: Leeds : ARC Humanities Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (128 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781942401803
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 091 23/eng/20230216
LOC classification:
  • Z110.R4 E64 2019
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781942401803

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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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