Digitizing medieval manuscripts : the St. Chad gospels, materiality, recoveries, and representation in 2D & 3D /

Digitizing medieval manuscripts : the St. Chad gospels, materiality, recoveries, and representation in 2D & 3D /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Endres, Bill, author.
Imprint:	Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, [2019] ©2019
Description:	1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white).
Language:	English
Series:	Medieval media cultures Medieval media cultures.
Subject:	Manuscripts, Medieval -- Digitization. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12486097

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ISBN:	9781942401803 1942401809 9781942401797 1942401795
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Description based on print version record
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
Other form:	Print version: Endres, Bill, 1962- Digitizing medieval manuscripts. New edition. Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2019 9781942401797

Table of Contents:

Recovery : from multispectral imaging to alternative colour spaces
Reflectance transformation imaging : an enhanced view of surface details
The otherwise unknowable : digitizing and comparing historical photographs
Sacred artefacts : open access, power, ethics, and reciprocity
A crisis in knowledge-space? A look toward virtual reality