Multispectral imaging (previously at Boing Boing) exposes paintings and other artifacts to specific wavelengths of radiation in hopes of revealing secrets-hidden paintings under finished works, for ...

Croatia has a treasure trove of historically significant manuscripts including religious texts that date back to the 13th century, but after 800 years of fading ink and worms eating their parchment, ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—In a pitch-black room in Waldo Library’s basement digitization studio, two researchers huddled over damaged manuscripts, scrolls and parchment fragments, preparing to uncover text ...

The Voynich Manuscript is a medieval codex written in an unknown alphabet and is replete with fantastic illustrations as unusual and bizarre as they are esoteric. It has captured interest for hundreds ...

About 10 years ago, several folios of the mysterious Voynich manuscript were scanned using multispectral imaging. Lisa Fagin Davis, executive director of the Medieval Academy of America, has analyzed ...

With the technology nestled safely in her 55-liter carry-on bag, Izzy Moyer made her way across the globe earlier this month to deliver MISHA, a low-cost multispectral imaging system, to The State ...

Multispectral Infrared imaging is a simple non-invasive technique that has been widely applied in Cultural Heritage analysis and study [1–5]. In its simplest realization, four images of the subject ...