Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 17, No. 359.
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Subject: bibliography (promised in Humanist 17.344)
> From: "Jim Marchand" <marchand@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU>
> Date: 2003/10/28 Tue AM 10:32:21 EST
> To: <humanist@Princeton.EDU>
> >
> This is the handout for my talk at Kalamazoo last spring, on
> "Reproduction & Registration of Scholarly Materials." It is just
> sort of offhand. I talked also on `aerial' photography of sites,
> using a small dirigible.
>
> 1. On visual perception in general: Richard L. Gregory, Eye and
> Brain. The Psychology of Seeing. 2d ed. World University Library
> (NY: McGraw-Hill, 1973); Carolyn M. Bloomer, Principles of Visual
> Perception. 2d ed. (NY: Design Press, 1990).
>
> 2. George G. Cameron, "Darius Carved History on Ageless Rock,"
> National Geographic Magazine (December, 1950), 825-844. On his work
> on the Old Persian Bisitun inscription and taking squeezes of it.
>
> 3. The first use of photography on film for scholarly purposes: F.
> A. Leo, "Eine Lesart im Codex Argenteus," Zeitschrift fuer
> vergleichende Sprachforschung 6 (1857), 193-201.
>
> 4. Photography.
>
> 5. Electronic article, James W. Marchand, "The Computer as Camera
> and Darkroom," in Offline37, published by Robert Kraft.The article
> has been posted for ftp in the following groups: HUMANIST,
> IOUDAIOS, and RELIGION, January 30, 1992. It appears in hard copy
> in Religious Studies News 7, 2 (March 1992) and CSSR Bulletin 21,
> 2 (April 1992). Idem, "The Use of the Personal Computer in the
> Humanities," Ideal 2 (1987) 17-32; reprinted in Christian T.
> Petersen, ed., Gotica minora (Hanau: Syllabus, 2002), 14-30.
>
> 6. The field of digital photography moves apace. A good statement
> of what is available au moment can be found in Digital Photography,
> "Digicam Catalog," 24-87.
>
> 7. On the fate of our Gothic manuscripts during WW II, see James W.
> Marchand, "Notes on Gothic Manuscipts," JEGP 56 (1957), 213-24).
>
> 8. As a sample of how some people handle these matters:
> Arnemagnaean Institute & Dictionary, Bulletins, 1963-64 on. Tells
> of the work of photographer Arne Mann Nielsen and conservator
> Birgitte Dall. Binding and restoration, but not how. Nielsen uses
> UV and other methods. From 1971 on manuscripts have been being
> transferred to Iceland, e.g. the Flateyarbok and the Codex Regius.
> Bulletin 10 (1973-75) tells about Birgitte Dall's learning of
> conservation, etc. and the establishment of a school of restoration
> in 1973 under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Some
> quotes from Bulletin 10: "she has abandoned silk tulle in
> preference for japanpaper (hooray!)," "Birgitte Dall firmly
> dissociates herself from chemicals" (double hooray!). "Permanent
> incapsulation in plastic is completely dismissed by Birgitte Dall."
> Number 11 tells of the use of computer driven color photographs and
> the Ciba-Ilford method, in order to make colored photographs of
> manuscripts. Two articles on the restoration in the Arnemagnaean:
> Erik Dal, in Bogvennen 1979. 17-34 and in the Dansk
> Kunsthaandvaerker Leksikon I, 1979, 113-114. Birgitte Dall retired
> in 1982, but continued as consultant.
>
> 9. On Karl Hauck's suggestions as to squeezings and rubbings: Karl
> Hauck, "Colloquium des Max-Planck-Instituts fuer Geschichte in
> Goettingen ueber die von Karl Hauck, Erlangen, im Rahmen seiner
> Forschungen zur unschriftlichen Laienkultur des fruehen
> Mittelalters durchgefuehrten Untersuchungen archaeologischer Fein-
> und Restbefunde," Deutsches Archiv 14 (1958), 313-314. Idem, "Neues
> Verfahren fuer Archaeologen. Die Abformung archaeologischer Funde
> mit Hilfe versilberter Kollodiumhaeutchen," Archiv fuer
> Kriminologie 120 (1957), 127-128.
>
> 10. Jim Gerakaris (good man!) reports on a method, called "scanning
> macrography," which allows one to overcome focusing problem
> inherent in all macrophotography in an article, "New Photographic
> Possibilities through the Use of Scanning Photomacrography," Kodak
> Techbits (Summer, 1988), 7-11. It is a model of clarity, showing
> examples of before and after and showing how one can arrange a
> set-up which will allow one to do scanning photomacrography in
> focus.
>
> 11. Holography. Howard M. Smith, Principles of Holography (NY:
> Wiley, 1969). A good practical introduction. A good place to visit:
> http://www.holoworld.com/. They have the "Internet Webseum of
> Holography", with everything you need, even including online
> lessons. For those with more of a bent towards the technical:
> Leonid Yaroslavsky and Murray Eden, Fundamentals of Digital Optics.
> Digital Signal Processing in Optics and Holography (Boston:
> Birkhaeuser, 1996). See particularly the restoration of picture
> sharpness on p. 228, by a method useful in restoring poor pictures
> of lost manuscripts, e.g. the Gothic Giessen fragment. Hans I.
> Bjelkhagen & H. John Caulfield, eds., Fundamental Techniques in
> Holography. SPIE Milestone Series, MS 171 (Bellingham, WA: SPIE,
> 2001). A great collection of papers. A good way to get an
> overview. Holography 2000, ed. Tung H. Jeong and Werner K. Sobotka.
> Published by SPIE -- The International Society for Optical
> Engineering, 2000. Collection of papers. Good for keeping up-to-
> date.
>
> 12. 3D printing, sintering laser and the like: Sunny Bains, "Sony,
> Zebra Developing Practical Printers based on MIT Technology:
> Holography Eyes Mass-Market Imprint," Electronic Engineering Times
> No. 996 (March 9, 1998), 39 f. A report on MIT's attempt to develop
> a holographic printer. Gene Bylinsky, "Industry's Amazing Instant
> Protototypes," Fortune 137 (Jan. 12, 1998), 120 ff. On the use of
> such things as sintering laser to make three dimensional copies.
> Caren B. Potter, "Concept Modelers: the Latest Trend in Rapid
> Prototyping, Computer Graphics World 20.12 (December, 1997), 45 ff.
> A report on 3D printing, a variation of RP.
>
> 13. To see an example of a tripod photo-tower: Med arkeologen
> Sverige runt. Naer-Var-Hur-Serien (Stockholm: Forum, 1965), 64.
>
> 14. On the discovery of how ancient purple looked: Gerhard
> Steigerwald, "Die antike Purpurfaerberei nach dem Bericht Plinius'
> des Aelteren in seiner `Naturalis Historia'," Traditio 42 (1986),
> 1-57. K. Schneider, "Purpura," Paulys Realencyclopaedie der
> classischen Altertumswissenschaft 23 (1959), 2000-2020.
>
> 15. Virtual Reality and 3D: Mark Pesce, VRML Browsing & Building
> Cyberspace (Indianapolis: New Riders, 1995), with a foreword by Tim
> Berners-Lee, creator of www. It even contains a very nice CD-ROM.
> To kind of keep up with the kinds of generators and browsers
> available, read David Aubrey, "A virtual evolution," Computer
> Shopper 16.12 (Dec., 1996), 612 ff. (lots of www addresses). A
> great new development, particularly for you and me, drawing klutzes
> that we are, is announced in PC Mag 15.22 (Dec 17, 1996), 10: "You
> take at least two photos of any object from different angles,
> digitize the photos {you and I know we could just take the
> pictures, no need to scan}, draw lines between congruent spots on
> the different views, and then watch as the software creates a 3-D
> wireframe of the object. The software overlays photographic
> detail back onto the wireframe, and voil…! You've created a 3-D
> image without using a CAD program or a 3-D rendering tool.
> The technology is already used in the medical and product-design
> fields. The small file sizes make the software ideal for creating
> images for Web-based product catalogs." At my own university:
> http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Viz/VR/vr-homepage.html.
>
> 16. On the drawing and photographing of runes: Erik Moltke, Jon
> Skonvig og de andre runetegnere (Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1958).
> Especially Chapter XIX, "Runefotografiet og lidt om de nyere
> metoder."
>
> 17. Photography in Archaeological Research, ed. Elmer Harp, Jr. A
> School of American Research Book (Albuquerque: University of New
> Mexico Press, 1975). A collection of essays; covers the field well.
>
> Harold C. Simmons, Archaeological Photography (NY: NYU Press,
> 1969).
>
> Vera M. Conlon, Camera Techniques in Archaeology (London: John
> Baker, 1973).
>
> Drawing Archaeological Finds, by Conant Brodribb (NY: Association
> Press, 1971). Many good tips.
>
> Ulrich Leute, Archaeometry (Weinheim: VEH, 1987). An excellent
> survey.
>
> Katherine May, Imaging the Ancients. University of Pennsylvania
> Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (UPenn Press, 1998).
>
> 18. Online resources for learning about imaging:
>
> "Introduction to Imaging" at
> http://www.getty.edu/gri/standard/introimages/index.html;
>
> "Creating and Documenting Electronic Texts: A Guide to Good
> Practice" at http://ota.ahds.ac.uk/documents/creating/
>
> "Image Scanning: A Basic Helpsheet" at
> http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/helpsheets/scanimage.html
>
> 19. Scientific Photography:
>
> 1. R. B. Haselden, Scientific Aids for the Study of Manuscripts
> (Oxford, 1935). Read this first.
>
> 2. There is a very nice beginning bibliography in: Chauncey
> Sanders, An Introduction to Research in English Literary History
> (NY: Macmillan, 1952), 404-406.
>
> 3. For more intensive work, the various issues of Photographic
> Literature, ed. Albert Boni, e.g. Photographic Literature 1960-1970
> (Hastings-on-Hudson: Morgan & Morgan, 1972). Good annotations.
>
> 4. For keeping up past this, Art Index.
>
> 6. Alfred A. Blaker, Handbook for Scientific Photography, 2d ed
> (Boston: Focal Press, 1989). I have found this one very good for
> instruction.
>
> 7. Probably your best single sources are the Kodak Data Books: M-2,
> "Using Photography to Preserve Evidence"; N-12A, "Close-Up
> Photography"; M-28, "Applied Infrared Photography"; N-12B
> "Photomacrography"; M-27, "Ultraviolet and Fluorescence
> Photography"; M-28, "Infrared and Ultraviolet Photography"; N-9,
> "Basic Scientific Photography"; B-3, "Kodak Filters for Scientific
> and Technical Uses". They are cheap, reliable, and usually have
> good bibliographies, though out of date.
>
> 8. For keeping right up to date, ask the Eastman Kodak Company to
> send you their free publication Techbits, a periodical with
> information on all the lastest developments, such as scanning
> macrophotography.
>
> 20. Digital Photography:
>
> 1. Computer select. A CD-ROM issued monthly by Information Access.
> Full text source from over 150 journals.
>
> 2. Manijeh Majlessi, Digital Photography (Washington, D. C.:
> Library of Congress, 1995). A rather desultory bibliography.
>
> 3. Charles W. Bailey, Jr., ed., Scholarly Electronic Publishing
> Bibliography. URL: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html. Now in
> its 30th issue, April 2, 2000, 1,130 entries.
>
> 4. Peter Robinson, The Digitization of Primary Textual Sources
> (Oxford: Office for Humanities Communication, 1993). Easy to read,
> not very technical, good overview.
>
> 21. Image Processing:
>
> 1. The best book on digital image processing is still: Rafael C.
> Gonzalez & Richard E. Woods, Digital image processing (Reading,
> Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1993). Good examples, good survey, math not
> overwhelming.
>
> 2. If you do not want to do your own programming, a very good book
> is: Michael Seul, Lawrence O'Gorman, Michael J. Sammon. Practical
> algorithms for image analysis : description, examples, and code
> (Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000). Its
> CD-ROM contains C programs that implement the algorithms discussed
> in the book, plus the LIBTIFF, LIBMIG, and LIBIP libraries and
> sample images in TIFF format.
>
> 3. A good small book is Photographic Imaging & Electronic
> Photography, series editor Sidney F. Ray (Oxford: Focal Press,
> 1994). It consists of excerpts from the large Focal Encyclopedia
> of Photography, 3d ed., ed. Leslie Stroebel and Richard Zakia
> (Oxford: Focal Press, 1993). Out of date, but good.
>
> 4. A quick orientation may be obtained from Steven Greenberg The
> Complete Idiot's Guide to Digital Photography (Indianapolis: Que,
> 1999). It also contains a CD-ROM which is of some use.
>
> 22. Color:
>
> 1. The absolute best reference for our purposes is Sigmund Skard,
> "The Use of Color in Literature. A Survey of Research," Proceedings
> of the American Philosophical Society (1946), 163-249. It is well
> organized. Here you can find that Wackernagel = Wilhelm
> Wackernagel, "Die Farben- und Blumensprache des Mittelalters," in
> his _Kleinere Schriften_, vol. 1 (Leipzig, 1872), 143-240, and that
> Portal is Fr. Portal, _Des couleurs symboliques dans l'antiquite,
> le moyen-age et les temps modernes_, nouvelle ed. (Paris, 1938),
> and about such works as W. E. Mead, "Color in Old English Poetry,"
> PMLA 14 (1899), 169-206, color in Chaucer (nos. 657-659) or in
> Latin or Greek, etc. etc.
>
> 2. For the anthropological approach: Brent Berlin and Paul Kay,
> _Basic Color Terms, their Universality and Evolution_, paperback
> edition (University of California Press, 1991; SBN 520-01442-1).
> It is good to use the paperback edition, since it contains added
> bibliography up to 1990. There is very little overlap with Skard.
>
> 3. A good book on the color spectrum and its reproduction is R. W.
> G. Hunt, _The Reproduction of Colour_, 3d ed. (NY: John Wiley &
> Sons, 1975; there may be newer editions). For computer
> reproduction and the like: Michael and Pat Rogondino, _Computer
> Color. 10,000 Computer-Generated Process Colors_ (San Francisco:
> Chronicle Books, 1990; ISBN 0-87701-739-5).
>
> 4. The various concept dictionaries and the cross-cultural survey
> naturally take up color. For computer color, cf. Sally Wiener
> Grotta and Daniel Grotta, _Digital Imaging for Visual Artists_ (NY:
> McGraw-Hill, 1994), 536: "Obviously, the question of color is a
> driving force within the imaging industry. It's the number one
> stumbling block ..."
>
> R. W. G. Hunt, The Reproduction of Colour in Photography, Printing
> and Television. 3d ed. (NY: Halsted Press, 1975; ISBN
> 0-470-15085-8). An old standby; I am sure there are later eds.
>
> Agnes Geijer, Albertus Pictor, maalare och paerlstickare.
> Riksantikvarieaembetets och statens historiska museums
> utstaellningar, Nr. 7; Stockholm, 1949. Includes a careful study
> of the composition of his paints, done by spectroscopic analysis on
> Haerkeberga's paintings.
>
> Madeleine Hours, Conservation and Scientific Analysis of Painting,
> tr. Anne G. Ward (NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1976; ISBN
> 0-442-23549-6).
>
> The Codex Argenteus reconstitution: The image can be accessed via
> ftp at ftp.lang.uiuc.edu/ftp/pub/images. The image is available in
> .GIF and .PCX formats.
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