Film, Video Spectral Imaging at St. Catherine's Monastery to Reveal Ancient Texts
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Title
- Spectral Imaging at St. Catherine's Monastery to Reveal Ancient Texts
Summary
- Father Justin Sinaites and Michael B. Toth discussed how advanced hyperspectral imaging is revealing ancient texts in the library at St. Catherine's, a remote Greek Orthodox monastery in Egypt's Sinai desert.
Event Date
- November 19, 2012
Notes
- - Michael B. Toth is the program manager of the Sinai Palimpsest Project.
- - Father Justin Sinaites is the librarian at St. Catherine's Monastery.
Related Resources
- Preservation at the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/preservation/
Running Time
- 2 hours 2 minutes 50 seconds
Online Format
- video
- image
- online text