Digitizing Medieval Manuscripts : : The St. Chad Gospels, Materiality, Recoveries, and Representation in 2D & 3D / / Bill Endres.
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 chapte...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leeds : : ARC Humanities Press, , [2019] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Medieval Media Cultures
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (128 p.) |
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Other title: | 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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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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781942401803 9783110661521 9783110610765 9783110664232 9783110610369 9783110606348 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781942401803?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Bill Endres. |