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Photo credits: X-ray fluorescence imaging is illuminating Hipparchus’ lost star catalog, allowing researchers to learn more about ancient astronomy. Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Synchrotron X‑rays at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SLAC) have brought to light additional long‑erased Greek astronomical text— including coordinates tied to Hipparchus’s star catalog—beneath later Syriac writing in the…

EMEL completed a dedicated multispectral imaging campaign at the Museum of the Bible (Washington, DC) to support the documentation of key folios of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus (CCR). The on‑site team included imaging Scientists from EMEL and RIT, along with technical support from MegaVision. This work captured high‑resolution datasets to assess condition, highlight obscured text,…

EMEL collaborated with the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) in a fascinating XRF data collection session in Hamburg (Germany), for the FWF funded project “The Vienna Basilica Palimpsests“. Imaging manuscripts using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) allows us to analyze a wide range of elements in an non-invasive approach, which assists our efforts in…

A two-week multispectral imaging session recently wrapped up at the Austrian National Library in Vienna, successfully capturing invaluable data from numerous ancient and historically significant Greek palimpsest manuscripts (FWF funded project “The Vienna Basilica Palimpsests“) . A dedicated team of five experts, including skilled photographers, technicians, and image processing scientists, meticulously worked to image these…