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From perfect to preposterous: how digital restoration can both help and hinder our reading of damaged sources
- Abstract:
- Digital reproductions of manuscripts are now reasonably easy to obtain from a very wide variety of libraries, although persuading suppliers to meet the standards required for digital restoration - or even high-quality reproduction - is surprisingly difficult. As more researchers tackle image-processing to help them read damaged originals, the need for suppliers to meet a baseline standard is much greater. The paper examines a set of basic guidelines for requesting images for research purposes A demonstration of some 'virtual restoration' techniques on a variety of different types of damage as well as photographic techniques such as ultra-violet, infra-red and multi-spectral imaging as adjuncts to normal color imaging will also be discussed.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 2.5MB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.31826/9781463228774-007
- Publisher:
- Gorgias Press
- Host title:
- Cantus scriptus: Technologies of Medieval Song: The Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age; 2010 Symposium
- Pages:
- 125-142
- Place of publication:
- Piscataway, NJ, USA
- Publication date:
- 2012-09-20
- Edition:
- 1
- DOI:
- EISBN:
- 9781463228774
- ISBN-10:
- 1463228775
- ISBN-13:
- 9781617190568
- Language:
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English
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Chapter
- Pubs id:
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1491466
- Local pid:
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pubs:1491466
- Deposit date:
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2023-07-12
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- Copyright holder:
- Gorgias Press LLC
- Copyright date:
- 2012
- Rights statement:
- © 2012 by Gorgias Press LLC.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the chapter. The final version is available online from Gorgias Press at: https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463228774
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