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Institute News

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multispectral images, Petra, ancient text

Abstract

The Institute is pleased to have assisted with a new publication by the American Center for Oriental Research, in Amman, Jordan. Titled The Petra Papyri I, this volume on the carbonized scrolls from ancient Petra features 26 full plates of multispectral images taken by Steven Booras and Gene Ware during their Institute-sponsored work of imaging the Petra papyri. Access to the superior MSI images enabled scholars to transcribe the burned scrolls with greater accuracy than ever before. The Institute looks forward not only to providing additional images to ACOR for the remaining volumes of its Petra series, but also to further assisting the international scholarly community through its work in electronically preserving ancient texts.

Recommended Citation

(2002) "Institute News," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 22: No. 9, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol22/iss9/3