Manuscript Analysis to Recover Lost Writing (Z01)

Subject Area Greek and Latin Philology
Term from 2011 to 2019
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 181924784
 

Project Description

In this project, modern technology is used to recover manuscript texts that are illegible due to accidental damage, intentional erasure or palimpsesting. The project employs one of the very latest technical systems for high-resolution multispectral imaging for this purpose and draws on several years of experience in its mobile use as well as tried and tested methods of evaluating the image data obtained with it. Specialised imaging work is being carried out for numerous sub-projects conducted at the SFB, and the interdiscipli¬nary methodology employed in analysing manuscripts is being enhanced using technical approaches together with staff working on project Z02 and Z03.
DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres
Subproject of SFB 950:  Collaborative Research Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures
Applicant Institution Universität Hamburg
Project Head Professor Dr. Christian Brockmann