Kiana gazes at MS 13, Thomas Hobbes’ Behemoth, at the start of her week at the SJC library, with many more treasures to come! By Kiana Rezakhanlou “Down the centuries, vast, unquantifiable numbers of books have been destroyed because they were worn out, unwanted, superseded or otherwise surplus to requirements.” David Pearson, Provenance Research in BookContinue reading “Volunteering with the Digitization Project Team”
Category Archives: Digitisation Project
Capturing Gold Leaf: Photographing St Johns College MS 26
By Sophie Bacchus-Waterman, Special Collections Photographer A number of the items which are going to be digitized for the St Johns College Digitization Project include gold leaf. The application of gold leaf to illuminations was done by hand, and the process is still the same as it was centuries ago. We are lucky enough toContinue reading “Capturing Gold Leaf: Photographing St Johns College MS 26”
Behind the Scenes of Digitization
By Sophie Bacchus-Waterman, Special Collections Photographer As the imaging phase of St John’s digitization project gets underway, I thought it was a good time to introduce my role in the project, and give a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to digitize books from the imaging side of the project (for information on the metadata,Continue reading “Behind the Scenes of Digitization”
St John’s TEI Project
Over the past 465 years, St John’s College Oxford has acquired and preserved a large variety of special collections, aiding research and interest in the manuscripts, early printed books, and personal libraries the College holds. The latest development in St John’s management of these special collections is a project to digitise the manuscripts. Manuscript digitisationContinue reading “St John’s TEI Project”