Material and digital reconstruction of fragmentary dead sea scrolls: the case of 4Q418a
This book presents an innovative and comprehensive method for reconstructing fragmentary scrolls in a digital environment. The method enables extracting maximum information from the fragments. It is exemplified on the scroll 4Q418a, a fragmentary copy of Instruction.
| Итог: | This book presents an innovative and comprehensive method for reconstructing fragmentary scrolls in a digital environment. The method enables extracting maximum information from the fragments. It is exemplified on the scroll 4Q418a, a fragmentary copy of Instruction. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Tables and Figures -- Introduction The Present Volume -- 1 The Stegemann Method Reconsidered -- Part 1 Methodology -- Chapter 1 Collecting the Materials -- 1 Tracing the Imaging History -- 2 Validating the Provenance of the Fragments -- Chapter 2 Margin of Error -- 1 Measurement Errors -- 2 Statistical Errors -- 3 Indirect Measurements -- Chapter 3 Image Manipulation -- 1 Enhancement and Manipulation -- 2 Digitally Repairing the Fragment -- Chapter 4 Scaling the Images -- Chapter 5 Removing the Background -- 1 Manual Removal of the Background -- Chapter 6 Finding Information on the Verso -- 1 Modern Stamps -- 2 The Title of the Composition -- 3 Opisthographs -- 4 Evidence for Additional Layers -- 5 Stitching Impressions -- 6 Mirror Writing -- Chapter 7 Finding Wads -- 1 Methods for Tracing Layers that are Still Attached -- 2 Methods for Identifying Fragments that Originated from Wads -- Chapter 8 Reading and Text Reconstruction -- 1 Marking Doubtful Letters -- 2 Letter Cloning -- 3 Reconstruction Based on Parallels -- Chapter 9 Recreating Single Columns Based on Fragments and Parallels -- 1 Width -- 2 Height -- 3 Margins -- Chapter 10 Font -- 1 Designing the Font -- 2 Margin of Error -- Appendix 1 Experiment for Validating the Use of a Custom-Made Font -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials: The Examined Scrolls -- 3 Method -- 4 Results -- 5 Discussion -- 5 Discussion -- Appendix 2 Automated Font Generation -- 1 Glyph Shape -- 2 Glyph Size -- 3 Vertical Glyph Position -- 4 Glyph Kerning -- 5 Word and Line Spacing -- Chapter 11 Damage Patterns -- 1 The Direction in which the Scroll was Rolled -- 2 Wads -- 3 Establishing the Order of Scattered Fragments -- Chapter12 Placing the Fragments on the Canvas Using the Stegemann Method -- 1 Columns and Margins in the Material Reconstruction. |
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| Примечание: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Объем: | 1 online resource (296 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-47305-8 |
