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2026

Rossetto, G. (2026). An Orphic Poem in a Sinai Palimpsest: The Discovery in its Context. In L. Abrach, R. Edmonds, & A.-F. Morand (Eds.), Discovering Dionysus in the Hexameters of ›Sinai Palimpsest Ar NF 66‹: New Mysteries of the Ancient Orphica? (pp. 33–38). De Gruyter. DOI: 10.1515/9783111635569-003.

Pawlikowski, M., Klein, J., & Maximo Rocha, P. A Comparative Study of Photographic Techniques for Paper Watermark Recognition. 37th Congress of the International Association of Paper Historians. Accepted manuscript. Repository record dated 27 May 2026. Repository DOI: 10.17863/CAM.128009.

2025

Huskin, K. A., & Shevchuk, I. (2025). Multispectral Imaging (MSI) and Statistical Image Processing to Analyse Pigment Distribution and Diverse Material Features. In The Zhangzhung Nyengyü “Tsakalis”: A Cross-Disciplinary Analysis (pp. 59–72). De Gruyter. DOI: 10.1515/9783111623214-006.

Wilhelm, H., Boydston, K., Uziel, J., & Halevei, S. (2025). Application of High-Resolution Multispectral Imaging Systems for the Very-Long-Term Monitoring of Degradation Over Time of Photographs, Paintings, Fabrics, Documents, Books, and Other Cultural Heritage Materials. Conference presentation abstract. Presentation abstract (author-hosted PDF) | Alternative link (PDF).

Zingg, E., & Gysembergh, V. (2025). Un nouveau témoin palimpseste d’une introduction romaine à la philosophie platonicienne, et d’autres découvertes dans des palimpsestes grecs et latins. Comptes-rendus des séances de l’Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, 2023(4), 1391–1402. DOI: 10.2143/CRA.2023.4.202352 | Open-access author manuscript | Published version.

Stam, N., Albers-Morris, C., Davies, H., & Heyworth, G. (2025). Reading the End of Fled Bricrenn: Multispectral Imaging Applied to f. 9v of Leiden MS VLQ 7. Studia Celtica Fennica, 21(1), 1–25. DOI: 10.33353/scf.155378.

2024

Janke, A., Colini, C., Huskin, K. A., Bosch, S., & Shevchuk, I. (2024). A Second Look at Multispectral Data of Late Medieval Music Manuscripts. Manuscript Studies, 9(1), 90–117. DOI: 10.1353/mns.2024.a930878 | Publisher record | Related MSI dataset.

Gippert, J. (2024). Recovering Hidden Texts: Palimpsests of the Matenadaran and their Disclosure. Matenadaran: Medieval and Early Modern Armenian Studies, 1(1), 11–33. DOI: 10.1484/J.MEMAS.5.142259 | Open-access PDF (university repository).

Phillips, K. (2024). Codex Climaci Rescriptus I: Text, Codicology, and Paratextual Features. Aramaic Studies, 22(1), 12–73. DOI: 10.1163/17455227-bja10049. Open-access PDF

Zingg, E. (2024). Written Sources on the Use of Reagents in the Palimpsests Veronenses XV, XL, and LXII: Towards an Archaeology of Destruction. In J. Gippert, J. Maksimczuk, & H. Sargsyan (Eds.), Palimpsests and Related Phenomena across Languages and Cultures (pp. 21–55). De Gruyter. DOI: 10.1515/9783111552170-002 | Open-access PDF.

Buncic, A., Albers-Morris, C., & Heyworth, G. (2024). Multispectral Imaging to Recover Lost Text in the Sarajevo Haggadah. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 67, 284–289. DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2024.03.015.

2023

Rossetto, G. (2023). Greek Palimpsests at Saint Catherine’s Monastery (Sinai): Three Euchologia as Case Studies. Veröffentlichungen zur Byzanzforschung, 44. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. DOI: 10.1553/978OEAW89107.

Rapp, C., Rossetto, G., Grusková, J., & Kessel, G. (Eds.) (2023). New Light on Old Manuscripts: The Sinai Palimpsests and Other Advances in Palimpsest Studies. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. DOI: 10.1553/978OEAW91575 | Publisher record and open-access chapters | Related dataset.

Rossetto, G. (2023). Classical Texts among the Palimpsests of the Monastery of St. Catherine (Sinai): An Overview. In C. Rapp, G. Rossetto, J. Grusková, & G. Kessel (Eds.), New Light on Old Manuscripts: The Sinai Palimpsests and Other Advances in Palimpsest Studies (pp. 55–71). Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. DOI: 10.1553/978OEAW91575s55.

Easton, R. L., Jr., & Kelbe, D. (2023). Multispectral Image Collection and Statistical Processing of Palimpsests at St. Catherine’s Monastery. In C. Rapp, G. Rossetto, J. Grusková, & G. Kessel (Eds.), New Light on Old Manuscripts: The Sinai Palimpsests and Other Advances in Palimpsest Studies (pp. 407–418). Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. DOI: 10.1553/978OEAW91575s407.

Gysembergh, V., Jones, A., & Zingg, E. (2023). Ptolemy’s Treatise on the Meteoroscope Recovered. Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 77, 221–240. DOI: 10.1007/s00407-022-00302-w.

Gysembergh, V., & Zingg, E. (2023). Les fragments inédits du palimpseste Veronensis XL (38): La découverte d’un résumé antique des dialogues platoniciens en latin [Symposium booklet]. Les Belles Lettres. ISBN: 978-2-251-45509-9. French publication PDF

2022

Rossetto, G., Pontani, F., Agosti, G., Bernabé, A., De Stefani, C., Edmonds, R. G., Herrero de Jáuregui, M., Jourdan, F., Lefteratou, A., Magnelli, E., Santamaría, M. A., & Thomas, O. (2022). A Revised Text of the Poem with Orphic Content in the Palimpsest Sin. ar. NF 66. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 222, 9–16.
Journal record

Heyworth, G., Knox, K. T., Boydston, K., & Zhu, Y. (2022). Multispectral Scheimpflug: Imaging Degraded Books That Open Less Than 30 Degrees. Archiving Conference, 19, 1–4. DOI: 10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2022.19.1.1 | Publisher PDF.

Knox, K. T. (2022). Hoku—A Multispectral Software Tool to Recover Erased Writing on Palimpsests. The Vatican Library Review, 1(2), 205–214. DOI: 10.1163/27728641-00102007.

Gysembergh, V., Williams, P. J., & Zingg, E. (2022). New Evidence for Hipparchus’ Star Catalogue Revealed by Multispectral Imaging. Journal for the History of Astronomy, 53(4), 383–393. DOI: 10.1177/00218286221128289 | Full-text PDF (publisher).

2021

Rossetto, G. (2021). Fragments from the Orphic Rhapsodies? Hitherto Unknown Hexameters in the Palimpsest Sin. ar. NF 66. Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 219, 34–60. Journal record | Author-shared copy.

2020

Davies, H. (2020). Multispectral Imaging of the Vercelli Mappamundi: A Progress Report. Imago Mundi, 72(2), 181–191. DOI: 10.1080/03085694.2020.1748378 | Full-text PDF (university-hosted).

De Gregorio, G., Gamillscheg, E., Grusková, J., Kresten, O., Martin, G., Mondrain, B., & Wilson, N. (2020). Palaeographical and Codicological Remarks on the Vienna Dexippus Palimpsest. In F. Mitthof, G. Martin, & J. Grusková (Eds.), Empire in Crisis: Gothic Invasions and Roman Historiography (pp. 5–13). Holzhausen. Open-access repository | Repository DOI: 10.5167/uzh-188078.

Jones, C., Duffy, C., Gibson, A., & Terras, M. (2020). Understanding Multispectral Imaging of Cultural Heritage: Determining Best Practice in MSI Analysis of Historical Artefacts. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 45, 339–350. DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2020.03.004.

2019

Mathys, A., Semal, P., Brecko, J., & Van den Spiegel, D. (2019). Improving 3D Photogrammetry Models through Spectral Imaging: Tooth Enamel as a Case Study. PLOS ONE, 14(8), e0220949. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220949.

Mathys, A., Jadinon, R., & Hallot, P. (2019). Exploiting 3D Multispectral Texture for a Better Feature Identification for Cultural Heritage. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, IV-2/W6, 91–97. DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-2-W6-91-2019 | Open-access PDF.

Huskin, K. A., Zawacki, A. J., & Heyworth, G. (2019). Multispectral Recovery of a Fragment of Richard FitzRalph’s Summa de Questionibus Armenorum from University of Rochester, D.460 1000-03. Manuscript Studies, 4(2), 361–388. DOI: 10.1353/mns.2019.0016.

Davies, H., & Zawacki, A. J. (2019). Making Light Work: Manuscripts and Multispectral Imaging. Journal of the Early Book Society. Full-text PDF (university-hosted).

Van Duzer, C. (2019). Henricus Martellus’s World Map at Yale (c. 1491): Multispectral Imaging, Sources, and Influence. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-76840-3.

2018

Knox, K. T. (2018). Image Processing Software for the Recovery of Erased or Damaged Text. Manuscript Cultures, 11, 63–72. Full text (university-hosted PDF).

Duffy, C. (2018). Multi-spectral Imaging at the British Library. 2018 Digital Heritage International Congress, 1–4. Publisher record.

Dunning, A., Hudson, A., & Duffy, C. (2018). Reconstructing Burnt Anglo-Saxon Fragments in the Cotton Collection at the British Library. Fragmentology, 1. DOI: 10.24446/4f2i | Open-access PDF.

Boydston, K., Wilhelm, H., McElhone, J., & Adams, R. (2018). High-Resolution Multispectral Imaging and Analysis Systems for the Very-Long-Term Monitoring of Photographs, Paintings, Fabrics, Documents, Books, and Other Works of Artistic and Historical Importance. Proceedings of IS&T Archiving 2018, 163–164. DOI: 10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2018.1.0.35.

Oprescu, A., Rosengarten, O., & Shor, P. (2018). Multispectral Imaging and the Digitization of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Book and Paper Group Annual, 37. Open-access proceedings PDF.

2017

Wilhelm, H., Adams, R., Boydston, K., & Wilhelm, C. (2017). Improved Water-Resistance Test Methods Utilizing a Multispectral Imaging System to Quantify Black and Color Ink Bleeding for Plain Paper Office and Legal Documents Printed with Pigment- and Dye-Based Inkjet Inks. Proceedings of IS&T Printing for Fabrication: International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies (NIP33), 122–125. DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2017.33.122.

Cook, B., & Russell, P. (2017). The Multispectral Recovery of Trioedd Cerdd in NLW Peniarth 20. National Library of Wales Journal, 36(4), 558–574; accompanying images, 575–586. Open-access article PDF | Bibliographic record.

2016

Van Duzer, C. (2016). Multispectral Imaging for the Study of Historic Maps: The Example of Henricus Martellus’s World Map at Yale. Imago Mundi, 68(1), 62–66. Journal Article.

Heyworth, G., Phelps, M., Wisnicki, A., Boydston, K., Easton, R., & Van Duzer, C. (2016). Recovering Shared Heritage via Spectral Imaging: Problems, Solutions, Interpretations. Digital Humanities 2016: Conference Abstracts, 69–72. Conference full text.

Heyworth, G., Van Duzer, C., Boydston, K., Phelps, M., & Easton, R. (2016). A Demonstration of Multispectral Imaging. Digital Humanities 2016: Conference Abstracts, 929–930. Conference full text.

Duffy, C., Garside, P., Moorhead, G., & Rogerson, C. (2016). Imaging Magna Carta: Incorporating New Technologies into Old Workflows [Conference presentation abstract]. Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 16, Copenhagen, 13–15 April 2016. Open-access abstract (University of Copenhagen).

2015

Easton, R. L., Sacca, K., Heyworth, G., Boydston, K., Van Duzer, C., & Phelps, M. (2015). Rediscovering Text in the Yale Martellus Map. IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS), 1–6. DOI: 10.1109/WIFS.2015.7368592.

Rabin, I., Hahn, O., Easton, R., Jr., Knox, K. T., Boydston, K., Heyworth, G., Leonardi, T., & Phelps, M. (2015). Initial Inspection of Reagent Damage to the Vercelli Book. Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin, 1(1), 34–45. Repository DOI: 10.25592/uhhfdm.377.

2014

Bennett, T., Boydston, K., Wright, J., Christens-Barry, W. A., Stewart, E., & Jennings, M. (2014). Multispectral and Computational Imaging Methods for Documentation of a 19th Century British Landscape Painting. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation. Poster PDF.

Shor, P., Manfredi, M., Bearman, G. H., Marengo, E., Boydston, K., & Christens-Barry, W. A. (2014). The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library. Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, 2(2), 71–89. DOI: 10.5325/jeasmedarcherstu.2.2.0071 | Related dataset.

2012

Silva, P. S., Walia, S., Cavallerano, J. D., Sun, J. K., Dunn, C., Bursell, S.-E., Aiello, L. M., & Aiello, L. P. (2012). Comparison of Low-Light Nonmydriatic Digital Imaging with 35-mm ETDRS Seven-Standard Field Stereo Color Fundus Photographs and Clinical Examination. Telemedicine and e-Health, 18(7), 492–499. DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0232.

2011

France, F. G. (2011). Advanced Spectral Imaging for Noninvasive Microanalysis of Cultural Heritage Materials: Review of Application to Documents in the U.S. Library of Congress. Applied Spectroscopy, 65(6). DOI: 10.1366/11-06295 | Publisher record.

Wilhelm, H., Boydston, K., Armah, K., & Stahl, B. C. (2011). Use of a Multispectral Camera System and Very Small, Comprehensive “Micropatch” Test Targets for Full Tonal Scale Colorimetric Evaluation of the Permanence of Digitally-Printed Color and B&W Photographs. Imaging Conference JAPAN 2011, Tokyo. Open-access author PDF.

Bearman, G., Christens-Barry, W. A., & Boydston, K. (2011). How Much Data is Enough: Quantitative Spectral Imaging of Texts and Cultural Heritage Objects. Search author-sharing records.

2010

France, F. G., Christens-Barry, W. A., Toth, M. B., & Boydston, K. (2010). Advanced Image Analysis for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Proceedings of SPIE, 7531, 75310E. DOI: 10.1117/12.839000.

Easton, R. L., Jr., Knox, K. T., Christens-Barry, W. A., Boydston, K., Toth, M. B., Emery, D., & Noel, W. (2010). Standardized System for Multispectral Imaging of Palimpsests. Proceedings of SPIE, 7531, 75310D. DOI: 10.1117/12.839116 | Related dataset.

France, F. G., Toth, M. B., Christens-Barry, W. A., & Boydston, K. (2010). Advanced Spectral Imaging for Microanalysis of Cultural Heritage. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 16(S2), 728–729. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927610054851.

Walia, S., Silva, P. S., Cavallerano, J. D., Sun, J. K., Dunn, C., Bursell, S. E., Aiello, L. M., & Aiello, L. P. (2010). Comparison of MegaVision Low Light Digital Imaging with 35mm ETDRS 7-Standard Field Stereo Color Fundus Photographs and Clinical Examination [Meeting abstract]. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 51, 2282.

2009

Christens-Barry, W. A., Boydston, K., France, F. G., Knox, K. T., Easton, R. L., Jr., & Toth, M. B. (2009). Camera System for Multispectral Imaging of Documents. Proceedings of SPIE, 7249, Sensors, Cameras, and Systems for Industrial/Scientific Applications X, 724908. DOI: 10.1117/12.815374 | Publisher record.

Technical paper

Bearman, G., Boydston, K., & Christens-Barry, W. A. (2014) Measuring the Illumination Exposure of LED Illuminants in a Multispectral Imaging System. Direct technical-paper PDF.