From perfect to preposterous: how digital restoration can both help and hinder our reading of damaged sources
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-process...
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2012
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| description | 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. |
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