Seminar An introduction to forensic codicology
22 June 2026
Scientific imaging and material analysis of manuscripts
- 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
- In person : Aula Specola, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2, Bologna
- Science & Technology, Society & Culture In Italian and English
How to partecipate
Free admission subject to availability
Program
The job of the codicologist is to understand the history of manuscripts, the artisans (scribes, rubricators, redactors, illuminators) and scriptoria which produced them, the owners who used and commented on them, and above all the materials, methods and styles of production. This lecture introduces the technologies that extend codicology’s reach and refines its grasp of that history: X-ray fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy, hyperspectral imaging, DNA sampling and others.
Speakers
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Gregory Heyworth
Rochester University, visiting Professor at MemoryLab