Re: [dm-l] Manuscript Imaging Question

-- Dr Peter Stokes Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic The University of Cambridge 9 West Rd, Cambridge, CB3 9DP Tel: +44 1223 767314 Fax: +44 1223 335092 stella@unisi.it wrote: > Dear All, > a successful experience in multispectral imaging applied to medieval > manuscripts is the 2004 European Project "Rinascimento Virtuale" > http://palin.iccu.sbn.it, now to be continued at the Bergamo University. > > I would like also to announce the next Montepulciano (Siena, Italy) > Seminar "Edizioni Digitali alla ricerca di standards", 4th meeting of the > Arezzo DIGIMED series and part of the 1st Master Courses "Informatica del > testo-Edizione digitale" of the Siena-Arezzo University. See please the > program at http://www.infotext.unisi.it. > > Best wishes > Francesco Stella > > > Dear all, >> This is similar to, if not the same as, the technology Dr. Zinn was >> describing--the Ancient Texts Imaging Group at Brigham Young >> University uses multi-spectral imaging (first used by NASA) to read >> palimpsests and darkened papyrus damaged by fire. >> >> Here's an old article about the technology, though they're still >> active and were at the University of Michigan in the last couple of >> weeks imaging some of our papyrus collection: >> http://www.et.byu.edu/news_imaging.htm >> >> I know this works best if the two inks on top of each other are made >> of different compounds, so that one is enhanced as the other one fades >> (some work best with infrared rays, some with UV, etc). However, I >> don't think this technology could be applied to scanned images--the >> leaves would have to be imaged again using the multi-spectral filters. >> >> Best, >> Rebecca Welzenbach >> >> Quoting Grover Zinn grover.zinn@oberlin.edu: >> >>> Dear Dr. Wisnicki and All, >>> >>> I'm not sure if this is totally relevant, but I think that it is. >>> In dealing with the Greek manuscripts that were discovered at St. >>> Catherine's (the Sinai) a couple of decades ago (I think), James >>> Charlesworth (of Princeton Theological Seminary) was able to use >>> imaging technology from NASA (I believe) to recover images in >>> palimpsest leaves. (He talked about this while he was at Oberlin >>> giving the Haskell Lectures). >>> >>> I'll try to follow up on this a bit. (And this technology may be >>> widely known by now.) It seems like it would work to distinguish >>> between the "two texts". >>> >>> Best regards >>> >>> Grover Zinn >>> >>> Grover A. Zinn >>> William H. Danforth Professor of Religion (emeritus) >>> former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences >>> Oberlin College >>> Oberlin, OH 44074 >>> 440-775-8866 (department) >>> grover.zinn@oberlin.edu >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jul 5, 2009, at 4:45 PM, Daniel Paul O'Donnell wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I thought I'd pass this on to our list and digital classicist, >>>> since some of us may have had experience with similar techniques >>>> (I'm relatively sure I saw a talk on the question recently). Please >>>> make sure you cc Dr. Wisnicki, since he may not hang out in our >>>> circles! >>>> >>>> I’ve come across a textual issue that I’m not sure how to resolve, >>>> and >>>> I’m hoping that someone on the list might have some suggestions or >>>> even the answer. I’m currently doing some research on the final >>>> African diaries of David Livingstone, the missionary and explorer. >>>> While keeping these diaries, Livingstone was often short of paper and, >>>> as a result, resorted to various expedients to keep the diaries going. >>>> One of these expedients was to take printed pages from books and >>>> newspapers, and, by turning the pages 90 degrees, to write his diary >>>> over the printed text, but perpendicular to it. Although perhaps >>>> legible at the time, these diary entries now are often difficult to >>>> decipher: Livingstone’s ink has faded and the printed text obscures >>>> what remains. >>>> >>>> So, in other words, the diary entries have two layers of text: printed >>>> matter which runs horizontally across the page, and Livingstone’s >>>> entries which run vertically. I’ve scanned some of these pages and >>>> was >>>> wondering if there’s a way (or, perhaps, a program) by which I might >>>> remove the printed layer so as to make the handwritten layer >>>> freestanding and so more legible. Has anyone on the list dealt with >>>> (and resolved) a similar issue? If so, please email me at >>>> awisnicki@yahoo.com -- any suggestions would be very much appreciated. >>>> >>>> Dr. Adrian S. Wisnicki >>>> Honorary Research Fellow >>>> School of English and Humanities >>>> Birkbeck College, University of London >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Daniel Paul O'Donnell >>>> Associate Professor of English >>>> University of Lethbridge >>>> >>>> Chair and CEO, Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org/) >>>> Co-Chair, Digital Initiatives Advisory Board, Medieval Academy of >>>> America >>>> President-elect (English), Society for Digital Humanities/Société >>>> pour l'étude des médias interactifs (http://sdh-semi.org/) >>>> Founding Director (2003-2009), Digital Medievalist Project >>>> (http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/) >>>> >>>> Vox: +1 403 329-2377 >>>> Fax: +1 403 382-7191 (non-confidental) >>>> Home Page: http://people.uleth.ca/~daniel.odonnell/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Digital Medievalist -- http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/ >>>> Journal: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/ >>>> Journal Editors: editors _AT_ digitalmedievalist.org >>>> News: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/news/ >>>> Wiki: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/wiki/ >>>> Discussion list: dm-l@uleth.ca >>>> Change list options: http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/dm-l >>> >>> Digital Medievalist -- http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/ >>> Journal: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/ >>> Journal Editors: editors _AT_ digitalmedievalist.org >>> News: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/news/ >>> Wiki: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/wiki/ >>> Discussion list: dm-l@uleth.ca >>> Change list options: http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/dm-l >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Rebecca Welzenbach, MSI 2009 >> School of Information, University of Michigan >> rwelzenb@umich.edu >> >> Digital Medievalist -- http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/ >> Journal: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/ >> Journal Editors: editors _AT_ digitalmedievalist.org >> News: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/news/ >> Wiki: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/wiki/ >> Discussion list: dm-l@uleth.ca >> Change list options: http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/dm-l >> > > > > > Digital Medievalist -- http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/ > Journal: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/journal/ > Journal Editors: editors _AT_ digitalmedievalist.org > News: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/news/ > Wiki: http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/wiki/ > Discussion list: dm-l@uleth.ca > Change list options: http://listserv.uleth.ca/mailman/listinfo/dm-l -- Dr Peter Stokes Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic The University of Cambridge 9 West Rd, Cambridge, CB3 9DP Tel: +44 1223 767314 Fax: +44 1223 335092