Multispectral data for manuscripts in the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma; MS 71, MS 800, and MS 2521. Two folios were analyzed from MS 2521, a late 13th century Hebrew manuscript, to recover the writing in the margins and damaged lines of the owners note in the colophon.

The marginal notes of MS 2521 were of particular interest for their potential to reflect an early disagreement between Sura and Neharda (two cities with rival schools in Babylon in the time of the Geonim). Jordan Penkower recently published an extensive study (in Hebrew) about the disagreements between Sura in Neharda with respect to the Bible text, and the marginal note would be an important addition to that study. Illegible owners note in the colophon would potentially reveal more information about the manuscript.

Additional single folios were analyzed from MS 71 and MS 800.

Images in preview are compressed and of lower quality. They are mainly intended to serve as thumbnails. Original hiqh quality TIF images can be found in the Color and PROCESSED folder below (zip file). For information about filenames and folderstructure as well as MSI system related info, please read the "Brief Description of Datasets for Multispectral Imaging." 

The research for this project was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) 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.