Abstract

Digital imaging methods have been developed and adapted to analyze the so-called "Archimedes Palimpsest", which is a 10th century overwritten manuscript including the oldest known copies of seven of the treatises of Archimedes. Multispectral digital images of five of the leaves of the palimpsest have been collected, processed, and analyzed using principal component analysis and orthogonal subspace projection techniques. These methods have been applied to "strip off the later overwriting to reveal the original text.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Image processing--Digital techniques; Remote sensing--Data processing; Image analysis; Palimpsests--Data processing

Publication Date

7-1-2001

Document Type

Thesis

Department, Program, or Center

Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science (COS)

Advisor

Easton, Roger

Advisor/Committee Member

Johnston, Robert

Advisor/Committee Member

Knox, Keith

Comments

Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: TA1637 .D535 2001

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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