Illuminated Manuscript Facsimiles and the Art Historian's Research Process

Public Deposited
Analytics

Downloadable Content

Download PDF
Request Version for Screen Reader
Last Modified
  • February 28, 2019
Creator
  • Sclippa, Eva
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
Abstract
  • This study examines the role of illuminated manuscript facsimiles in the research process of art historians focusing on the medieval and Byzantine periods, exploring this role in comparison with other illuminated manuscript reproductions, such as digital facsimiles, surveys, and monographs. Through interviews with art historians and study of the reproductions themselves, it was concluded that the full context of the work is crucial, and that manuscript reproductions must come as close as possible to reproducing the experience of handling the art-object-as-book to serve their intended purpose. Additionally, the trend of resource-guided research appeared, a circumstance in which the facsimiles available to the art historian guided or determined their course of study. Finally, art historians used different kinds of image resources for different information needs, suggesting the importance of developing, providing, and advertising a variety of resources that incorporate the experiential context of the original manuscript.
Date of publication
Subject
DOI
Resource type
Rights statement
  • In Copyright
Advisor
  • Vargha, Rebecca
Degree
  • Master of Science in Library Science
Degree granting institution
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Extent
  • 60
Deposit record
  • 2cbbd9a9-0872-4ddb-852c-8aa202066329

Relations

Parents:

This work has no parents.

Items

Thumbnail Title Date Uploaded Visibility Actions
file details Illuminated Manuscript Facsimiles and the Art Historian's Research Process 2019-05-13 Public Download