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Restoration, reconstruction, and revisionism: altering our virtual perception of damaged manuscripts

Abstract:
The answers to questions about the boundaries of digital retrieval of damaged manuscript content are extremely fluid, dependent on ethical and aesthetic expectations and the intended end-use of the edited images. Digital intervention is currently the only way to restore the contents of many manuscripts to usability. The chapter examines the Forensic Reconstruction of damaged manuscript leaves through a combination of various digital and analog evidence; in particular, what is achievable, the ethical constraints and practical decisions informing the end result, and the palaeographical value of the outputs.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1515/9783110717884-013

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Music Faculty
Oxford college:
St Catherine's College
Role:
Author

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Music Faculty
Role:
Editor


Publisher:
De Gruyter
Host title:
Disiecta Membra Musicae: Studies in Musical Fragmentology
Pages:
323-366
Series:
Studies in Manuscript Cultures
Series number:
21
Place of publication:
Berlin/Boston
Publication date:
2020-12-07
Edition:
1
DOI:
EISSN:
2365-970X
ISSN:
2365-9696
EISBN:
9783110717884
ISBN:
9783110717228


Language:
English
Subtype:
Chapter
Pubs id:
1491479
Local pid:
pubs:1491479
Deposit date:
2023-07-12

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