Tag: digitized

Thousands of the ancient scrolls fragments from the conservation table to the virtual table. (Photo by Israel Antiquities Authority)

Israeli-German Researchers Will Digitize Dead Sea Scrolls

MessageToEagle.com | February 24, 2016

MessageToEagle.com – Israeli and German team of computer scientists and Dead Sea Scrolls scholars will create a digital copy of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls, informed the Israel Antiquities Authority. Dead Sea

With the assistance of Columbia’s conservators, imaging staff used special tools such as spatulas and fine tipped brushes to gently lift the flaps and then place the glass over the section. Credits: Columbia University Libraries’ Conservation Laboratory.

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17th Century Medical Pop-Up Book Digitized

MessageToEagle.com | January 16, 2016

MessageToEagle.com – Columbia librarians have digitized an important anatomical flap book, which is an early attempt to present the three dimensionality of the human body in the two dimensional