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Beyond the fire of attrition: acid decay and forensic reconstruction
- Abstract:
- Digital images of manuscripts are primarily used today in much the same way as hardcopy research surrogates have been used since photography was introduced, allowing researchers to examine a manuscript page repeatedly and in detail without handling the book. This chapter explores the use of forensic musicology in the digital medium as a way of reconstructing lost manuscript content, focusing primarily on the Sadler Partbooks (Oxford, Bodleian Library MSS Mus. e. 1–5) as a case study. It examines the use of various surrogates as an aid to reconstructing a corpus. The chapter is both a case study and an introductory guide for those interested in the intersection of digital retrieval with archival and manuscript research.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190945442.013.31
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Host title:
- The Oxford Handbook of Music and Corpus Studies
- Series:
- Oxford Handbooks
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
- Publication date:
- 2023-07-18
- Edition:
- 1
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- 9780190945473
- ISBN-10:
- 0190945443
- ISBN-13:
- 9780190945442
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English
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1491483
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2023-07-12
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- 2023
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- This is the accepted manuscript version of the chapter. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190945442.013.31
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