A Digital Image Processing and Database System for Watermarks in Medieval Manuscripts

Publication Type  Proceedings Article
Year of Publication  2001
Authors  Wenger, Emanuel; Stieglecker, Maria; Karnaukhov, Victor; Haidinger, Alois
Conference Name  International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting: Proceedings from ichim01
Publisher  Archives & Museum Informatics
Conference Location  Milano, Italy / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Editor  David Bearman and Franca Garzotto
Keywords  ICHIM; ICHIM01;
Abstract  

Watermarks are the most important tool for dating undated documents written on paper. Hence, catalogues and databases of watermarks play an eminent role for the work of medievalist and paper historians. This article presents an overview of an integrated software system developed for storage, retrieval, manipulation, digital processing, and identification of watermarks in old manuscripts. The full processing pipeline from the scanning to the identification of watermarks is described. The main part of these watermarks was captured from manuscripts stored in the Klosterneuburg monastery (Austria).

URL  http://www.archimuse.com/publishing/ichim01_vol2/wenger.pdf

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