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Dragonfly rendering of an early printed book using microCT. Image: Jessica Lockhart
Dragonfly rendering of an early printed book using microCT.

A Dino-Lite digital microscope’s ultraviolet and near infrared settings reveal a repair made to an early printed copy of the Arba’ah Turim (Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Friedberg 00131). Photo: Jessica Lockhart
Comparison of a copy of the Arba’ah Turim under ultraviolet and near infrared light using a Dino-Lite digital microscope revealing a repair made to the manuscript.

Microscopic examination of inclusions in the paper of a single-sheet devotional print from Dunhuang (Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum 927.24). Photo: Jessica Lockhart 
Microscopic examination of inclusions in the paper of a single-sheet devotional print.

Five book science participants examining results obtained by MISHA.

Juilee Decker and Roger L. Easton Jr. leaning over a multispectral imaging machine which is emitting bright light

A book science seminar participant using an eraser to take parchment samples from a manuscript.

Book Science Seminar participants leaning over and using a digital microscope to study a manuscript.

Four visitors at the National Museum of the American Indian Washington DC standing in front of a sculpture outside the museum.

Detail of white and purple beads of a wampum binding with brown string

Frontispiece at Sūrat al-Ḥamd (Q. 1), fols 1v-2r. c. 1750-1850. Copyist ʿAbd al-Karīm b. ʿUmar al-Nawfalī, 4 Muḥarram1245/ 28 June 1829, Faza, Pate Island (Kenya). Ink on laid paper. AS:008. Image courtesy of Imam Nour Al Din Al Salimi…
Frontispiece at Sūrat al-Ḥamd, with very elaboratered, gold, and black calligraphy and marginal commentary.
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