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Use of Multispectral Imaging Including UV For Reviewing Famous Manuscripts To Find New Text

Oxford University story about manuscript imaging project led by Dr Michael J Sullivan of the University of Oxford’s English Faculty. Recent scanning of Tennyson text with multiple spectral wavelengths including ultraviolet revealed new, previously unknown text.Excerpts:Dr Sullivan’s team has been using multispectral imaging, along with X-ray fluorescence and fibre-optic reflectance spectroscopy, to explore previously hidden parts of manuscripts.…

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