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Labeculæ Vivæ: Building a Reference Library of Stains for Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts

Campagnolo, A; Connelly, E; Wacha, H; (2019) Labeculæ Vivæ: Building a Reference Library of Stains for Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts. Manuscript Studies , 4 (2) pp. 401-416. 10.1353/mns.2019.0018. Green open access

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Abstract

Stains on manuscripts are signs indicative of their past lives left by time and usage. Reading these signals in concert with conventional information gathered from manuscripts can add to our understanding of the history and use of an object. This project, supported by a microgrant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, and run as a preliminary pilot study, provides an identified, open-access database of a number of commonly found stains in order to help researchers answer questions such as manuscript provenance, transmission, material culture, as well as scientific applications for arts questions and the innovative uses of multispectral imaging to acquire new knowledge. This paper presents the methodology and the results of the investigation and demonstrates best practices using the database for a diverse audience of scholars.

Type: Article
Title: Labeculæ Vivæ: Building a Reference Library of Stains for Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1353/mns.2019.0018
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1353/mns.2019.0018
Language: English
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UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Information Studies
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10088498
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