In order to
arrange the proper setup for the scanning of the Breslauer Bible at the SSRL, Ms. Cathy Knotts (the SSRL director) directed us to Sam Webb, who she said would
assist us in devising a setup. Using the aforementioned sketch by Dr. Gwara as
a model, Ms. Kelsey Crump of the Hollings Special Collections library constructed a
full-scale model of the Breslauer Bible for us to send to Stanford. The
Facsimile showed the first three paper fly leaves and then the page to be
scanned; as they are unimportant to the scanning, the rest of the pages of the
model were a solid piece. Here are a few images taken by Mr. Robert Smith:
This picture
shows the model closed. Note the solid representation of most of the pages.
This image shows the paper fly leaves found at
the beginning of the bible. Its covers are slightly more rigid than those of
the actual bible. It luckily survived Dr. Gwara’s attempts to induce greater
flexibility.
This image shows the Bible open the the page containing the inscription.
We mailed the model to Sam Webb at Stanford, along with a few attachments
and a letter explaining the model to him. We told him that we planned to
isolate the inscription page by holding the first three fly leaves to the front
cover using a band of mylar, and the rest of the pages to the back cover using
the same method. To hold the page steady, we told him we planned to use a
half-frame of matt board. We sent the package last Friday with priority
shipping, so they should likely have it by tomorrow.
- Carl
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