Kimball Musem in Fort Worth and Picasso’s Man with a Pipe other works by Picasso, Braque
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Picture from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Library#/media/File:The_British_Library_-geograph.org.uk-_2786739.jpg Ground-breaking multispectral imaging work of the British Library’s burnt copy of the 1215 Magna Carta has recovered text which has not been read in 250 years. This work has been completed by British Library conservators and scientists in preparation for next year’s 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta. The…
Museum of the Bible and Codex Climaci Rescriptus
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Biblioteca Nazionale Torino
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Dime Novels at University of Rochester
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Nuragic tombs in Sardinia
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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…
