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Paper painting depicting seated Buddha triad with standing Bodhisattvas and donor, with hanging tabs added; mounting holes in upper and lower margins. Guiyijun period (848/851–1030/1036), tenth century. From Mogao Cave 17, Dunhuang. Paris,…
Paper painting depicting seated Buddha triad with standing Bodhisattvas and donor, with hanging tabs added; mounting holes in upper and lower margins.

Engineers Mei Li and Aly Abdelaziz from Grasselli’s Geomechanics Group (University of Toronto) discuss a book’s structure visualized using microCT. Photo: Matt Volpe
Close-up view of a manuscript being examined using micro CT.

Parchment collagen fibrils in the Bozec lab (University of Toronto). Photo: Jessica Lockhart
Microscopic view of parchment collagen fibrils in the Bozec lab.

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.
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