Folger Shakespeare Library
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About the Folger Shakespeare Library
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Image standards and specifications
Images from the Folger Shakespeare Library were shot and processed by the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image. In general, The Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image follows the NISO standards as articulated in A Framework for Building Good Digital Collections, 3rd Edition:
The following represents specific standards adopted by SCETI in their capture of digital images.
Image specifications
- Archival Masters: 600 ppi 24-bit raw TIFF color image
- "Golden Thread" color target is used for every exposure. Target also includes interference pattern and inch/centimeter markings. Target is also used to check focus.
Imaging and processing equipment
- Cameras: IQ280 80 megapixel Phase One digital camera
- Lenses: Schneider Kreuznach lenses
- Software: Phase One Capture One Pro; Photoshop CS3
Master images are captured at a resolution of at least 600 pixels per inch of the image subject. Once all of the images for a manuscript have been captured they are color-corrected, deskewed, and cropped.
The documents on OPenn
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Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.108:
Satyrae ... etc.
(ca. 15th century, Transcribed by Paulus Botini de Gotelengo in Italy during the late 15th century. Scribe's name is written on leaf 1r.)
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MS V.a.76:
Gesta Romanorum manuscript, ca. 1450.
(England, ca. 1450)
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Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.77:
Gesta inclita Tyrii Appollonii regis
(ca. 1450, England, perhaps early 15th century.)
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Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.82:
Elegiae
(compiled ca. 1500, Italy, late 15th century.)
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MS V.a.83:
De arte amandi manuscript, ca. 1400? / Ovidius.
(Italy, Italy, late 14th century (de Ricci); ca. 1400?)
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MS V.a.84:
Appollogeticus ... etc. manuscript, 1504.
(England, Written in London, 1504, by Peter Meghen of Bois-le-Duc, Brabant, for Christopher Urswick, dean of Windsor and King Henry the VII's almoner; 1504)
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