Hidden in Plain Sight is a collaboration between @QMUL, @QMUL_HSS, @theUL, @MAACambridge, @NLWales, and other leading libraries.
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ALT Cambridge University Library's Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory (CHIL) using macro photography to uncover details of the binding of a 15th-century Jewish prayer book
ALT Examining a manuscript at Cambridge University Library's Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory.
ALT A team member from Cambridge University Library's Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory, using the latest technology to examine a manuscript in the lab.
ALT A 15th Century Book of Hours examined under a microscope at Cambridge University Library.
ALT A team member from Cambridge University Library's Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory, using Fiber Optic Reflectance Spectroscopy (FORS) to examine an image.
ALT Multispectral Imaging (MSI) is used to uncover details such as the outlines of an erased dragon figure in a Jewish prayer book dated from the 13-14th century
ALT A craft Fair delegate doing medieval embroidery
ALT A craft fair exhibitors burning a medieval design into a piece of wood.
ALT Generously supported by the AHRC, Hidden in Plain Sight will apply advanced technologies in the study of premodern sacred books. It will shed new light on how sacred books, from Jewish Bibles in post-Plague Germany to Islamic amulets in West Africa, have been used, mutilated, entombed and transformed. This will create new protocols for the use of diverse technologies, such as micro-CT scanning, DNA sampling or 3D microscopy, within historical research. A collaboration between the Schools of History and Dentistry at QMUL, alongside Cambridge University Library, the National Library of Wales, and the Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology (Cambridge), the project brings together historians, heritage scientists, librarians, conservators, technicians and curators, presenting a model for inter- and cross-disciplinary work while shedding new light on the transformations of sacred books.
