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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > From: Chris Laning <[log in to unmask]> >>If you merely scan a page and save it as a PDF, the resulting PDF is only an image -- little dots on paper. well, the pdf image is more like electrons running through wires. but, let's not quibble. there is, actually, an advantage to having a book in "image" format. the Institute national d'histoire de l'art (Paris) http://inha.fr/ http://inha.fr/spip.php?rubrique20 http://inha.fr/spip.php?rubrique21 has a "bibliotheque numerique" http://inha.fr/spip.php?rubrique286 with a growing list of books available for downloading, including the magnificent folio volumes of DOM Bernard de Montfaucon's _Les monumens de la monarchie françoise qui comprenant l'histoire de France, avec les figures de chaque règne que l'injure des tems à épargnées_ (1729ff). this monumental work is a Foundation Document in the historiography of the History of Art. e.g., in Tome 1. L'origine des François, & la suite des rois jusqu'à Philippe I. inclusivement http://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/detail.cfm?cfid=28033&cftoken=57169424&idmedia=0009268&w=2 is to be found the invaluable engravings --specifically made for Montfaucon-- of the lost statue columns of Suger's St. Denis (which Montfaucon, poor guy, thought were Merovingian), which happen to be remarkably (and, for their time, quite exceptionally) accurate reproductions of the *style* of these sculptures as well as their iconography (we can judge their accuracy by comparing them to fragments which survive). the INHA's PDFs are in glorious color, making the experience of consulting them --from contemporary, full gilt calf binding to final cul-de-lampe-- an esthetic one as well. that being said, i've had some sucess OCRing sections of the text using the crappy abilities in one of MS Office's suite --lots to clean up, given the beautiful 1720s font with its marvelously elegant ligatures-- but still faster than keystroking a large amount of text. c ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html