[HN Gopher] The Codex Arundel: A Collection of Papers in Italian...
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       The Codex Arundel: A Collection of Papers in Italian by Leonardo da
       Vinci
        
       Author : Hooke
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2023-02-17 19:31 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | rerdavies wrote:
       | Ok. Now I get it. I'm not really that impressed by da Vinci's
       | drawings of impractical helicopters. But this.... this is far
       | more interesting. It's not difficult at all to imagine there's a
       | beautiful inquiring mind buried in that set of notes.
        
       | dailyplanet wrote:
       | I have a question for anyone who might know about this sort of
       | thing.
       | 
       | I bought a book from a Manhattan auction in NY for about
       | $100,000.
       | 
       | I would like to digitize the book, but there is fading from light
       | degradation on several pages. The book is about 100 pages total
       | and it's from the 1930s. It is typewritten and it was
       | mimeographed to make copies.
       | 
       | What is the best way to go about scanning the book, and also what
       | can be done about somehow being able to track the ink of the
       | fading text?
        
         | chadlavi wrote:
         | I'll tell you for $50,000
        
         | NovemberWhiskey wrote:
         | You're looking for a digitization archivist; this is a bit
         | small scale though - generally collections are larger.
        
         | jaclaz wrote:
         | AFAIK usually the original is photographed under a particular
         | light (and with specific filters or cameras) that depends on
         | the specific kind of ink, see:
         | 
         | https://activehistory.ca/2018/09/recovering-contrast-in-fade...
        
         | dr_dshiv wrote:
         | As soon as possible, just take photos with an iPhone. Don't put
         | it off.
         | 
         | I wasted a lot of time trying to optimize the digitization
         | process (I collect 15th/16th c books). Just do it.
        
         | andrelaszlo wrote:
         | Now I'm super curious; what kind of book that's not even 100
         | years old would sell for that kind of money?
        
           | dailyplanet wrote:
           | I'll reveal the answer by the end of this decade when the
           | copyright expires. The main reason I bought it is because
           | it's not archived and transcribed on the internet already and
           | it was frustrating me, so it became my Holy Grail, and then I
           | was telling someone it was my Holy Grail and looking it up to
           | show them, and that's when I noticed it was on the market.
        
         | 121121 wrote:
         | http://www.biblio.com/bookstore/book-gallery-mike-riley-phoe...
        
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