Dear all,

ARC Humanities Press and Amsterdam University Press did such nice work putting this announcement together that I don’t feel so back about self-promoting. My book is currently available in Europe and will be available in North America by August 31.

All best,

Bill

PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT

Digitizing Medieval Manuscripts

The St Chad Gospels, Materiality, Recoveries, and Representation in 2D & 3D

Bill Endres

ToC and Introduction ARC - Medieval Media Cultures August 2019 128 pages, 12 b/w, 8 line-art illustrations Hardback ISBN 978 19 4240 179 7 e-ISBN 978 19 4240 180 3 €69.00 / £59.00 / $79.00 €68.99 / £58.99 / $78.99

What does it mean to digitize a medieval manuscript? This book examines this question by exploring a range of advanced imaging technologies, from multispectral to 3D to reflectance transformation imaging. To understand imaging technologies requires an understanding of the complex materiality of what is being digitized and, to this end, the book focuses on the relationship between digital technologies and the complex materiality of manuscripts and the human bodies that engages them. From this perspective, the chapters explore imaging technologies, interfaces to present digital surrogates, and limitations to and enhancements through the digital. But lest past photographic information be lost, the book also examines historical photographs, exploring their rich visual information, and how digitizing and comparing them transforms what can be known. Examples and innovations from the author’s work digitizing the eighth-century St. Chad Gospels at Lichfield Cathedral are provided. This book is essential reading for all those involved in large and small scale manuscript digitization projects in both scholarly and cultural heritage contexts. Bill Endres is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, University of Oklahoma, USA. He is a digital humanist who employs advanced imaging technologies on manuscripts such as the eighth-century St. Chad Gospels. Order this book here! Also available outside North America through NBN International Ltd, and in US, Canada, and Mexico through IS Distribution. For any press enquiries and for information on receiving a review copy, please contact marketing@aup.nl. Recommend this book to your library using our library recommendation form. If you would like to keep up to date with Arc Humanities Press and AUP publications, please subscribe to our newsletter! With kind regards, AUP Marketing

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My book Digitizing Medieval Manuscripts coming in August from Arc/Amsterdam University Press.

Manuscripts of Lichfield Cathedral
https://lichfield.ou.edu

Bill Endres
University of Oklahoma
English Department
Norman, OK  73019

405-325-0831