IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 754: Medieval Materialities and Modern Technologies: New Research Directions, I
Tuesday 2 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC), Universität Hamburg |
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| Organiser: | Hanna M. Wimmer, Sonderforschungsbereich 950 'Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und Europa' / Kunstgeschichtliches Seminar, Universität Hamburg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Stefano Valente, Sonderforschungsbereich 950 'Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und Europa', Universität Hamburg |
| Paper 754-a | Recovery of Damaged and Erased Writing in Manuscripts and Palimpsests with a Mobile Multispectral Imaging System at CSMC (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Science |
| Paper 754-b | Ink Analysis and Palaeography: Reconstructing the Production of Medieval German Multiple-Text Manuscripts (Language: English) Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Language and Literature - German, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Science |
| Abstract | In two sessions, members and associates of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) in Hamburg present recent collaborative research by scientists from STEM subjects and scholars of the humanities that bridges the gap between humanities and the natural sciences and sheds new light on our understanding of medieval material culture, both within and beyond Europe. How can, for instance, ink and pigment analysis, DNA analysis and multispectral imaging help with the recovery of script, the dating and placing of manuscripts, and the understanding of |