medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Genevra Kornbluth <[log in to unmask]>
> Amazing! One thing to bear in mind, though. They clearly mean a subset
of their holdings, since the page mentions that "_Additional_ digitised
manuscript material is also available from the British Library and high
resolution images can be sourced from Images Online." So we need to be
careful to use the only images from the Catalogue,
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/introduction.asp
as i understand it (dimly, incorrectly perhaps), anything from "the catalog"
that's online is usable/publishable/stealable (is it possible to steal
anything that's in the Public Domain?).
however, you can still buy "high resolution images" from the BL.
http://tinyurl.com/bw4aa2o
presumably even without the watermark.
but i find that the free images suit my needs.
i've been working on the Old English Hexateuch lately
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Cotton_MS_Claudius_B_IV
i can bring up any leaf i want (click on any one of those thumbnails and it
takes you to the whole ms., one folio at a time)
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_claudius_b_iv_f002v
zoom in on it (click on it or use the mouse wheel) to whatever magnification
needed for detail
they've disabled the mouse right click so you can't do a "save image as" on
them.
but, now that they've all been declared to be in the Public Domain, i can
share with all potential felons the best method i've come up with for stealing
them.
it's a bit clunky --esp. if you wish to grab a lot of images, but it works.
open PhotoShop (or whatever) and do a File > New.
go to the BL site and enlarge the ms. image to the level of detail you would
like and do a "PrtScn" --that puts the screen image onto the 'puter's
clipboard.
in PS, Control-V prints the captured screen image from the clipboard to the
(blank) new file.
walla.
unfortunately, the enlarged detail is at 72dpi, which is much too low for,
say, printing, but it is large enough so that it can be massaged up to
250-300dpi or so without too much loss of size.
if anyone knows of a better, less labor intensive method of thievery, i'd be
happy to hear of it.
Malcolm?
c
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