Nov 20, 2020
Students have discovered lost text on 15th-century manuscript leaves using an imaging system they developed as freshmen. By using ultraviolet-fluorescence imaging, the students revealed that a manuscript leaf held in RIT's Cary Graphic Arts Collection was actually a palimpsest, a manuscript on parchment with multiple layers of writing.
Isnโt it great that technology is showing us these long lost palimpsest documents? Iโm just really in awe of the creativity of people who envision how to use the tech and the things theyโre finding. Fantastic.
