Imaging the Hours: Creating a Digital Resource of Flemish Manuscripts
Enhanced cataloging, digitization, and creation of online access to 112 Flemish manuscripts (45,000 pages of text and over 3,000 pages of illumination) from northeastern France and Belgium from the 13th to the 16th centuries.
"Imaging the Hours," a three year project to preserve and make available cataloged digital surrogates of 112 manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum's world-famous collection. Approximately 45,000 pages of ancient text and over 3,000 pages of superb medieval illuminated images from Northeastern France and Belgium will be digitally captured and documented.
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Project fields:
Interdisciplinary Studies, General
Program:
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
Division:
Preservation and Access
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Totals:
$265,000 (approved) $265,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
4/1/2012 – 9/30/2015
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