Both description files describe the MSI data, folder structure, file naming system and the multispectral imaging system itself with its main components and calibration steps. Two sensors (E7 and Q15) can be used. These descriptions can also be found in other MSI related uploads accompanying the data.

The research for this project was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) within the Sonderforschungsbereich 950 (SFB 950) and under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC 2176 'Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures', project no. 390893796. The research was conducted within the scope of the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at Universität Hamburg.