Hans Christian Anderson at the Royal Library in Copenhagen

Hans Christian Anderson at the Royal Library in Copenhagen

Picture from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Den_Sorte_Diamant_1.jpg A MegaVision spectral imaging system is permanently installed at the Royal Library of Denmark in Copenhagen. The MegaVision RTI Arc was used to spectrally image cutouts by Hans Christian Andersen, the nineteenth century Danish author famous for children’s stories and movies based on them. This collection, shelfmark Laage Petersen 659 at the…

Dime Novels at University of Rochester

Dime Novels at University of Rochester

Picture from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Rochester#/media/File:RushRheesLibraryInWinterObliqueFromLeft.jpg Description and story coming soon! Stay tuned. University of Rochester: https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/new-imaging-system-captures-text-from-barely-open-books-495922/ University of Rochester: https://www.rochester.edu/pr/Review/V84N1/3.3_optical-scanning-dime-novels-fragile_2021-fall-rochester-review.html

Field Diary of  David Livingston’s the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Field Diary of  David Livingston’s the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Picture from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Scotland#/media/File:National_Library_of_Scotland,_Edinburgh.JPG The MegaVision EV Multispectral system is used in the imaging of David Livingstone material at the National Library of Scotland. Dr. David Livingstone was an African missionary, a medical doctor, explorer and advocate against the slave trade in Africa. In his final years, Dr Livingstone was reduced to writing on used newspaper…

Museo Del tesoro del duomo and mappea mundi in Vercelli

Museo Del tesoro del duomo and mappea mundi in Vercelli

Picture from: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_del_Tesoro_del_Duomo_di_Vercelli#/media/File:Sala_Crocifisso_Museo_tesoro_duomo_Vercelli.jpg This trip was part of the Lazarus Project managed by Gregory Heyworth of the University of Mississippi, and included Roger Easton of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Keith Knox of the Air Force Research Lab of Maui in Hawaii, Dale Knox, Damianos Kastotakis (Saint Catherine’s Monastery) and Liz Bondi, a student at…