ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

<div>Introduction: The Age of Visual Wonder: Digitizing Materiality and Unriddling Light</div><div>Recovery: From Multispectral Imaging to Alternative Colour Spaces</div><div>Reflectance Transformation Imaging: An Enhanced View of Surface Details</div><div>The Otherwise Unknowable: Digitizing and Comparing Historical Photographs</div><div>Sacred Artifacts: Open Access, Power, Ethics, and Reciprocity</div><div>A Crisis in Knowledge-Space? A Look Toward Virtual Reality</div>