Im Rahmen des 3. Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin 2014/15, wird Kathryn E. Piquette (CCeH) darstellen, wie anhand moderner photographischer Aufnahmeverfahren bisher verborgene griechische Texte auf Papyri, Gips und Bleib sichtbar gemacht werden können. Jede/r ist ganz herzlich zur Teilnahme an dieser und den folgenden Seminarsitzungen eingeladen, die alle 14 Tage jeweils dienstags um 17 Uhr stattfinden werden.
*ZEIT*
Di. 03. Februar 2015, Beginn: 17:00 Uhr c.t.
*ORT*
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
– Wiegandhaus, Gartensaal
Podbielskiallee 69-71
D-14195 Berlin
(Eingang zur Veranstaltung über Peter-Lenne-Str. 32)
*VORTRAGENDE*
Kathryn E. Piquette (Cologne Center for eHumanities, Universität zu Köln)
*TITEL*
The Herculaneum Papyri and Greek Magical Texts: Elucidating ancient writings with Reflectance Transformation Imaging
*ABSTRACT*
This seminar will revolve around two Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) projects based at the University of Cologne on ancient Greek texts. The first deals with the Herculaneum Papyri. Preserved through carbonisation when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, these papyri constitute the largest surviving ancient library in the world. For over two centuries scholars have sought to unroll and read the c.1800 papyrus scrolls found in the Villa dei Papyri. Recent infrared RTI has resulted in a major leap forward for revealing further writings and providing vital information about the physical structure of the rolls. The second project, “Magica Levantina”, aims to create an edition of Greek magical texts from Cyprus and the ancient Near East. Over 300 texts, dating from c.100-600 CE and comprised mainly of curses and some protective spells, are incised on various metals and gypsum. Material properties, writing technique and poor condition present challenges to legibility that are successfully tackled through the use of visible spectrum RTI. Several themes arise from the case studies presented. The conventional use of the digital image as a resource for interpreting past written meaning will be contrasted with a more active concept of the digital image as constitutive of both past reconstructions and the interpretive process. This latter concept will be developed to argue for greater reflexivity in image data use and increased epistemological awareness of the role of the digital image — whether employed for research on the Classical world or the ancient world more generally.
Zusätzliche Angaben: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1780-0000-0024-BF5F-2
*WEITERE INFORMATIONEN*
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http://de.digitalclassicist.org/berlin/seminar2014
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