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Parchment to Pixel:The Walters Islamic
Manuscript Digital Project
Diane E. BockrathDigitization Specialist
Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
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The Walters Art MuseumManuscripts & Rare Books
900 illuminated and illustrated medieval and Islamic manuscripts, both religious and secular in natureSecond most significant collection in the Western HemisphereA collection of exceptional quality, containing consummate works of art
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The Projects
Islamic Manuscript Digital Project (2008-2010): 128 Islamic codices and 60 loose leaves
Parchment to Pixel (2010-2012): 105 English, Dutch, German, Byzantine, Armenian, and Ethiopian codices
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Digitization Goals
To create full digital surrogates with accompanying metadataTo release images on a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike licenseIslamic collection: well conserved, a cataloging opportunity, and an area of emerging scholarly interest
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Digitization Workflow
Conservation ReviewMetadata EntryImage CaptureVerificationColor CorrectionAutomationInspectionCatalogingData transfer
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Metadata
Dublin Core: Embedded in the header of each master TIFF (entered prior to imaging)Text Encoding Initiative (TEI): Accompanies images as an XML file (created after imaging)
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Walters Electronic Cataloging Tool
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Walters Electronic Cataloging Tool
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Image Capture
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Image Capture
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Image Capture
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Image Capture
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Color Correction
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Quality Control
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Derivative Images
Master TIFF: 600PPI text folios / 1200PPI illuminated foliosPrint Publication TIFF: 300PPIWeb JPEG: 1800-pixel line fileThumbnail: 190-pxel line file
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Cataloging
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The Digital Collection
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How can you see the images?
The Digital WaltersWalters Art Museum Web siteFlickrTwitterUNESCO World Digital LibraryAcademic databases: ARTstor, Digital Scriptorium, Index of Christian Art (Parchment to Pixel manuscripts)
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The Digital Walters:www.thedigitalwalters.org
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Walters Art Museum Web Site
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Flickr:Walters Art Museum Illuminated
Manuscripts
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Twitter: @medievalMss, @WillNoel,
@walters_museum
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Successes and Challenges
Good condition of manuscripts post-imagingPositive reception from scholars and social-media users
Being new-technology “guinea pigs”Searchable access tool: overcoming the limitations of proprietary interfaces
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