Thursday, April 16, 2009

Digital Restoration of Ancient Papyri

Cornell University Library's arXiv

Author: Amelia Sparavigna
(Submitted on 30 Mar 2009)
Available for download from the above page in PDF format

Abstract: Image processing can be used for digital restoration of ancient papyri, that is, for a restoration performed on their digital images. The digital manipulation allows reducing the background signals and enhancing the readability of texts. In the case of very old and damaged documents, this is fundamental for identification of the patterns of letters. Some examples of restoration, obtained with an image processing which uses edges detection and Fourier filtering, are shown. One of them concerns 7Q5 fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls.


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