![]() ![]() ![]() Overall, this cradle is our cradle of choice to use when we are digitising medieval manuscripts and fragile bound material. The motorised cradle also provides adjustable spinal support to avoid splitting or tearing of the binding with the adjustable cradle boards. This is because the camera can be moved horizontally and vertically using an actuator, whilst the cradle itself can also be moved up and down to position the subject. However, despite its abrupt appearance the cradle provides one of the safest mechanisms for positioning and stabilising each medieval manuscript for image capture by minimising the need to move the object when framing each image. Upon seeing the metal structure in person, one may think the motorised Grazer conservation book cradle has a steam punk look about it. 2r) The Grazer Motorised Conservation Book Cradle Opening folio of William of Malmesbury’s History of the English Bishops (TCD MS 602, f. Medieval manuscripts of this size can be exceedingly difficult to capture, especially if the binding is tight and the book has been rebound several times like this manuscript. This manuscript is small in scale (170 x 125 mm) and bound in a 19th-century college binding. One of the most familiar challenges a photographer needs to solve when digitising medieval manuscripts is text running into or right next to the gutter of the manuscript as seen with an early 13th-century copy of William of Malmesbury’s T he History of the English Bishops and other works ( now TCD MS 602). This blog will provide a brief introduction into our digitisation process for medieval manuscripts as well as some of the challenges encountered and give an insight into the most unique piece of equipment we use within our studios, a motorised book cradle.Įach manuscript being digitised for the project is incredibly unique in character, format, and structure and each has their own set of challenges to work with when imaging. The photographic process for the Medieval Digitisation Project may be quite unfamiliar to most, especially the unique and large equipment we use. My role within this project is to use my photography expertise to create digital surrogates of 16 medieval manuscripts selected from the Manuscripts and Archives Research collections within the Library of Trinity College Dublin. ![]() Greetings everyone! I am the Project Photographer for the Manuscripts for Medieval Studies project. ![]()
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