IMC 2020: Sessions

Session 333: Challenging Manuscript Boundaries, II: New Approaches to Manuscripts and Technology

Organiser:	Christine Voth, Seminar für Englische Philologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Moderator/Chair:	Johanna Green, Humanities Advanced Technology & Information Institute, University of Glasgow
Paper 333-a	Reds, Whites, Blues, and Other Hues: Pigments in 13th-Century French Bibles (Language: English) Louise Garner, Centre for Visual Arts & Cultures, Durham University Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Technology
Paper 333-b	The Protection of Manuscripts during Medieval Times: Techniques Crossing Borders (Language: English) Hassan Ebeid, Postgraduate Institute of Papyrology, Inscriptions & Conservation (PIPIC), Ain Shams University, Cairo Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Technology
Paper 333-c	Multispectral Imaging at the British Library (Language: English) Christina Duffy, British Library, London Index terms: Manuscripts and Palaeography, Technology
Abstract	This session offers three papers with unique perspectives on technology and medieval manuscripts. Paper -a is an analysis of pigments in 13th-century French Bibles that opens up new avenues for our understanding of manuscript production. Paper -b examines the technology used in the Middle Ages to protect medieval manuscripts. Paper -c is a discussion of new avenues for research made available through multispectral imaging.