The creation of a custom-made cradle to minimise risk during the digitisation process (F. Marzo) | The Book & Paper Gathering

L'articolo di Flavio Marzo sul leggio per la digitalizzazione, da notare che le riprese si fanno prima in un senso del volume e poi nell'altro !





"Introduction

In 2009, as part of the long-term digitisation strategy, the British Library digitised 250 early Greek manuscripts. This was the first phase of an ongoing externally-funded project to digitise the entire Greek manuscript collection. This was aimed at facilitating wider access to readers nationally and internationally and to help reduce the amount of physical and chemically-induced harm to their future preservation. The manuscripts chosen for digitisation ranged in condition from fair to good. All those in poor condition were excluded from digitisation and sent to be treated or put aside for later conservation.

The following short article describes the creation of a book cradle designed for the handling of manuscript during the digitisation process and provides instructions for its assembly."

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