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BIG news coming, but a sneak peak at a recent project at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social - the 1546 Mappemonde has been under some close scrutiny! New #imaging means the original 43mp image is now an astonishing *552 megapixels* the detail is extraordinary!

#map #heritageimaging #RHIL #conservation

Not one, but TWO full days of Dante action at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social !

sign up and info for day one - shorturl.at/rSxGT
sign up and info for day two - shorturl.at/6zA9W

#RHIL #Rylands #Dante

Ethiopic Manuscripts Ethiopic Manuscripts collection.

Wonderful selection of Ethiopic manuscripts from the collection at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social some of which have contested provenance, looted at the battle of Maqdala in 1868. #RHIL

The @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Historic Sri Guru Granth Sahib ceremoniously leaving the library to be venerated at a #Manchester Gurdwara. We've been working closely to conserve, digitise and look after the #Guru with the #Sikh community #RHIL

Materiality and the Limits of Internet Research: The “Borgia Map” and Its Facsimiles — Mapping as Process Challenging the received wisdom about the 1797 facsimile of a fifteenth-century mappamundi made from metal with enamel inlay proves not to be as easy as I had thought, and I hit the limits of the st...

Great post including the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social 'Borgia' Map.
We have updated the images of the map just this week, including a colour shaded render depth map version from our Photometric Stereo system, made from 384 images - shorturl.at/tCVmQ

#RHIL #Culturalheritage #Digitisation #map

Nail of Enlil-Bani (Cuneiform 1094) - 3D model by The John Rylands Research Institute and Library (@TheJohnRylandsLibrary) A nail of Enlil-bani, celebrating the building of the stronghold of Isin (Cuneiform 1094) - Nail of Enlil-Bani (Cuneiform 1094) - 3D model by The John Rylands Research Institute and Library (@TheJohnR...

Another cool #3dmodel made by Jo Castle at the #JohnRylands Heritage Imaging Lab - A nail of Enlil-bani, celebrating the building of the stronghold of Isin (Cuneiform 1094) (FYI - Hold down the ALT key to move the light source around!) #RHIL #culturalheritage #digitisation

Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder (Cuneiform 1096) - 3D model by The John Rylands Research Institute and Library (@TheJohnRylandsLibrary) A cone-shaped cylinder inscribed with three columns of text commemorating Nebuchadnezzar II&rsquo;s rebuilding of the temple of Lugal-Marada (Ninurta) at the city Marad. https://shorturl.at/alpgF - Ne...

skfb.ly/puuNR New #3Dmodel from the Rylands, the Nebuchadnezzar Cylinder, a c2,500 year old Cuneiform commemorating Nebuchadnezzar II's rebuilding of the temple of Lugal-Marada #RHIL #culturalheritage

OK first post! Along with @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social and the British Museum, the Rylands Heritage Imaging Lab are now only the 3rd institution to have the Selene photometric stereo system from Factum Foundation. looking at tooling on a German alchemical manuscript binding today... #archiox #RHIL