Hi Nick,
I have a video online that I did for a gathering of digital humanists
sponsored by England's Arts and Humanities Research Council. It does not
go into great depth, but it begins to discuss the potentials of 3D for
manuscripts: http://youtu.be/ebr0HNnNNrs . I don't want to burden people's
emails, but I'd happily continue the conversation if you would like to
email me ([log in to unmask]). One quick note, you might find Bernard
Frischer's work with 3D more compelling, like the Rome Reborn project that
he directs: http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/. And yes, the value of a
3D object depends upon the type of information that you are trying to cull
from or preserve in a digital artifact, and that will vary from discipline
to discipline, and even artifact to artifact. My impetus for the 3D
renderings of the Chad Gospels was for digital flattening that turned out
to be unnecessary, but I have found much unexpected value and potential in
working with the 3D images.
Best,
Bill
On 6/17/13 1:03 PM, "Nick White" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> While thisis a medieval manuscript, I thought you might find these 3D
>> renderings of interest. I have 16 interactive 3D renderings of pages
>>from
>> Lichfield Cathedral's St Chad Gospels (8^th century) available online:
>>http://
>> lichfield.as.uky.edu .
>
>This is rather impressive to look at, and the manuscripts are
>incredibly beautiful.
>
>This isn't my area, and I wonder if you can explain more about
>why 3D renderings of manuscripts is particularly useful. I
>largely think about pages as 2D objects, and after the initial "hey,
>neat" effect this doesn't feel that interesting humanistically. I
>would very much appreciate any thoughts or reading suggestions to
>prove me wrong.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Nick
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