I was hoping to start a conversation to share resources about the material history of the book. By material history, I specifically mean the study of the materials used to manufacture books, how those materials are affected by the transition of time and place, and the technologies that can be used to explore these resources.
Chet van Duzer’s Multispectral Image of Beinecke Library’s Martellus World Map, Art Storage 1980 157.
The image above is from an NEH grant headed by Chet van Duzer that used multispectral imaging to make the Martellus World Map, the Beinecke Library’s collection, readable after many years of wear and neglect. If you’re interested in this work, see his book, 
, Springer, 2019.
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