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Processed spectral image of a page from Livingstone's 1870 Field Diary (Livingstone 1870e:XII IC1), detail. Copyright David Livingstone Centre and Dr. Neil Imray Livingstone Wilson. CC BY-NC 3.0
Spectral Imaging: Overview

State-of-the-art imaging technology is changing our knowledge of Livingstone

Kate Simpson preparing a page of Livingstone's 1871 Field Diary for spectral imaging, National Library of Scotland, 2010. Copyright Callum Bennetts - Maverick Photo Agency. Used by permission.
The Livingstone Spectral Imaging Project: An Introduction

The project's contexts and history

Processed spectral image of a page from Livingstone's 1871 Field Diary (Livingstone 1871k:[5] pseudo_v1), detail. Copyright David Livingstone Centre and Dr. Neil Imray Livingstone Wilson: CC BY-NC 3.0
Livingstone's 1871 Field Diary

A multispectral critical edition (2011-2013, 2017)

Debbie Harrison examines a page of Livingstone's 1871 Field Diary, National Library of Scotland, 2010. Copyright Callum Bennetts - Maverick Photo Agency. Used by permission.
Livingstone's Letter from Bambarre

A multispectral critical edition (2010-2011, 2017)

Processed spectral image of a page from Livingstone's 1870 Field Diary (Livingstone 1870i:XLIV spectral_ratio with hue rotated). Copyright David Livingstone Centre and Dr. Neil Imray Livingstone Wilson. CC BY-NC 3.0
Livingstone's 1870 Field Diary

A multispectral critical edition (2013-2017)

Bill Christens-Barry (background) and Roger L. Easton, Jr. processing a page from Livingstone's 1870 Field Diary, National Library of Scotland, 2010. Copyright Callum Bennetts - Maverick Photo Agency. Used by permission.
Notes on Processed Spectral Images

Defining spectral image types

Processed spectral image of a page from David Livingstone's "Retrospect to be Inserted in the Journal" (Livingstone 1870a:[3] pseudo_v4_BY), detail. Copyright National Library of Scotland and Dr. Neil Imray Livingstone Wilson: CC BY-NC 3.0
Glossary of Key Terms in Livingstone's Manuscripts, 1870-71

People, groups, places, features

Ashanka Kumari and Adrian S. Wisnicki's at DH2016 in Krakow, Poland. Copyright Ashanka Kumari. CC BY-NC 3.0
An Integrated Project Bibliography

The works we cite in our project

David Livingstone, Map of Central African Lakes, [1869], detail. Copyright National Library of Scotland: CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 SCOTLAND and Dr. Neil Imray Livingstone Wilson: CC BY-NC 3.0
Manuscript Citation and File Naming Practices

Naming and referencing spectral images

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