Spectrally Illuminating the Hidden Material History of David Livingstone’s 1870 Field Diary
Spectrally Illuminating the Hidden Material History of David Livingstone’s 1870 Field Diary
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光谱阐释大卫·利文斯通 1870 年田野日记中隐藏的物质历史
DOI：
10.2979/victorianstudies.58.2.06
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2016
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K. Knox
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Adrian S. Wisnicki;M. Ward;R. Easton;K. Knox
本文介绍了利文斯通光谱成像项目(2013-16)第二阶段的初步结果，该项目是由国家人文基金会资助的数字人文倡议。结果表明，光谱成像技术可以成功地应用于阐明大卫·利文斯通的《1870年野战日记》的写作历史，并增强和/或揭示文本的物质特征，否则肉眼看不到。这一结果标志着光谱成像在手稿研究中的应用取得了重要进展。对结果的初步审查还表明，更详细的分析将揭示关于利文斯通、他的手稿、他旅行过的非洲文化以及他的日记旅行和保存的许多环境的新的重要信息。
This paper presents the initial results of the second phase of the Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project (2013–16), a digital humanities initiative funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The results suggest that spectral imaging technology can be applied successfully to illuminate the composition history of David Livingstone’s 1870 Field Diary and to enhance and/or reveal material features of the text otherwise invisible to the naked eye. The results represent an important advance in the use of spectral imaging in the study of manuscripts. Preliminary review of the results also indicates that more detailed analysis will reveal new and important information about Livingstone, his manuscript, the African cultures among which he traveled, and the many environments through which his diary traveled and was preserved.